John Christenbury

John Christenbury
Biographical details
Christenbury pictured in The Tecoan 1942, East Carolina yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Born	(1907-02-13)February 13, 1907 North Carolina
Died	July 17, 1944(1944-07-17) (aged 37) Port Chicago, California
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1938–1939	Brevard
1940–1941	East Carolina
Basketball
1940–1943	East Carolina
Baseball
1941	East Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	19–11–2 (football)

John Boyd Christenbury (February 13, 1907 – July 17, 1944) was East Carolina Teachers College sixth head football coach. He was also the head basketball and baseball coach. He coached during the 1940 and 1941 seasons. His 1941 team went 7–0. This is currently the only time an ECU team has gone undefeated. He finished his two years with a 13–2 record. He did not coach in 1942 because of the outbreak of World War II. The Christenbury Memorial Gymnasium was named in the honor of Coach Christenbury on January 6, 1953. Christenbury was killed in an explosion at Port Chicago, California on July 17, 1944. He was inducted into the ECU Hall of Fame in 1993.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall
Brevard Tornados (North Carolina Junior College Conference) (1938–1939)
1938	Brevard	4–6
1939	Brevard	3–2–2
East Carolina:		7–8–2
East Carolina Pirates (Independent) (1940–1941)
1940	East Carolina	6–2
1941	East Carolina	7–0
East Carolina:		13–2
Total:		19–11–2
National championship Conference title Conference division title

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Brevard Tornados head football coaches

Ralph James (1934–1935) Arthur Ranson (1936–1937) John Christenbury (1938–1939) Jack Alexander (1940) No team (1941) Al Swan (1942) R. P. Wilder (1943) Howard Wilkie (1944–1945) Bob Andrews (1946–1947) Jack Alexander (1948) Bob Andrews (1949–1950) No team (1951–2005) Bobby Poss (2006) Paul Hamilton (2007– )

East Carolina Pirates head football coaches

Kenneth Beatty (1932–1933)
Doc Mathis (1934–1935)
Bo Farley (1936)
J. D. Alexander (1937–1938)
O. A. Hankner (1939)
John Christenbury (1940–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Jim Johnson (1946–1948)
Bill Dole (1949–1951)
Jack Boone (1952–1961)
Clarence Stasavich (1962–1969)
Mike McGee (1970)
Sonny Randle (1971–1973)
Pat Dye (1974–1979)
Ed Emory (1980–1984)
Art Baker (1985–1988)
Bill Lewis (1989–1991)
Steve Logan (1992–2002)
John Thompson (2003–2004)
Skip Holtz (2005–2009)
Ruffin McNeill (2010–2015)
Scottie Montgomery (2016– )

East Carolina Pirates men's basketball head coaches

C. W. Porter (1931–1932)
Kenneth Beatty (1932–1934)
Doc Mathis (1934–1936)
Bo Farley (1936–1937)
J. D. Alexander (1937–1938)
Gordon Gilbert (1938–1939)
Bo Farley (1939–1940)
John Christenbury (1940–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Unknown (1944–1945)
Earl Smith (1945–1946)
Jim Johnson (1946–1947)
Howard Porter (1947–1959)
Earl Smith (1959–1963)
Wendell Carr (1963–1966)
Tom Quinn (1966–1974)
Dave Patton (1974–1977)
Larry Gillman (1977–1979)
Dave Odom (1979–1982)
Charlie Harrison (1982–1987)
Mike Steele (1987–1991)
Eddie Payne (1991–1995)
Joe Dooley (1995–1999)
Bill Herrion (1999–2005)
Ricky Stokes (2005–2007)
Mack McCarthy (2007–2010)
Jeff Lebo (2010– )

East Carolina Pirates head baseball coaches

R. C. Deal (1932–1933)
W. O. Jolly (1934)
Bo Farley (1935–1938)
Gordon Gilbert (1939)
Bo Farley (1940)
John Christenbury (1941)
Unknown (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Unknown (1946–1949)
Jack Boone (1950–1953)
Jim Mallory (1954–1962)
Earl Smith (1973–1972)
Jim Mallory (1973)
George Williams (1974–1976)
Monte Little (1977–1979)
Hal Baird (1980–1984)
Gary Overton (1985–1997)
Keith LeClair (1998–2002)
Randy Mazey (2003–2005)
Billy Godwin (2006–2014)
Cliff Godwin (2015– )

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