Johnny Allen

John Allen (born ) is an American former college and high school athletics coach. He was the head football coach for Kean College of New Jersey—since renamed as Kean University—from 1975 to 1976 and the head wrestling coach for Seton Hall University from 1970 to 1973. He was a longtime high school football, baseball, and wrestling coach throughout New Jersey from the 1950s until the 1990s.

Biography Allen was born in Newark, New Jersey, and was a three-sport athlete in football, baseball, and wrestling for St. Benedict's Preparatory School. In 1955, he accepted a baseball scholarship as a pitcher for Seton Hall. A shoulder injury forced him to transition to second base. After one season, he returned to St. Benedict's Prep as the freshmen football coach and head baseball and wrestling coach. He resigned from the school in 1971 and accepted the head wrestling position for Seton Hall. He coached there for three seasons before going to Kean as the football team's backfield coach. At the same time he also coached Essex Catholic High School's baseball and wrestling team. In 1975, he was promoted to head coach for the Kean football team following the resignation of Ron San Fillipo. Allen resigned from Kean after the 1976 season when athletic director Hawley Waterman wanted a full-time football coach, as Allen was only in the position part-time.

After a year-long hiatus from coaching football, Allen was named head football coach, alongside his other two previous positions, at Essex Catholic.

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