{{Short description|American football player and coach (1920–2013)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = John F. Wiley | image = Jack Wiley - 1948 Bowman.jpg | alt = | caption = Wiley on a 1948 Bowman football card | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|4|18}} | birth_place = Wind Ridge, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|3|25|1920|4|18}} | death_place = Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1938–1940 | player_team1 = Waynesburg | player_years2 = 1946–1950 | player_team2 = Pittsburgh Steelers | player_positions = Tackle | coach_years1 = 1951–1954 | coach_team1 = Waynesburg | coach_years2 = 1955–1961 | coach_team2 = Pittsburgh (line) | overall_record = 22–9–1 | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''John Franklin''' "'''Smiling Jack'''" '''Wiley''' (April 18, 1920 – March 25, 2013) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally a tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1950. Willey served as the head football coach at his alma mater, Waynesburg College—now known as Waynesburg University—in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, from 1951 to 1954, compiling a record of 22–9–1.
==Playing career and miltitary service== Wiley played college football as a tackle at Waynesburg College—now known as Waynesburg University—in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and appeared in the 1939 Waynesburg vs. Fordham football game, the first televised American football game. His three older brothers—Robert, Asa, and Bill—also played football as Waynesburg. The youngest Wiley brother graduated from Waynesburg in 1941.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Last Of Four Wiley Boys Graduates At Waynesburg |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121158410/the-pittsburgh-press/ |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |date=June 15, 1941 |page=12, section 2 |access-date=March 18, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> He served in the United States Army during World War II, attaining the rank of captain.<ref name=wileydies/>
After World War II, Wiley played for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1950, under head coaches Jock Sutherland and John Michelosen.<ref name=wileydies>{{cite news |last=DiPaola |first=Jerry |title=Ex-Waynesburg coach, Pitt assistant Wiley dies |url=https://archive.triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/ex-waynesburg-coach-pitt-assistant-wiley-dies/#axzz2PDF02kTt |website=TribLive.com |publisher=Trib Total Media |date=March 27, 2013 |access-date=March 18, 2023 }}</ref>
==Coaching career== Wiley was the head football coach at his alma mater, Waynesburg, for four seasons, from 1951 to 1954, compiling a record of 22–9–1.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Wiley Added To Coaching Staff Of Pitt Panthers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121159018/the-daily-item/ |newspaper=The Daily Item |location=Sunbury, Pennsylvania |agency=Associated Press |date=February 15, 1955 |page=13 |access-date=March 18, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sidearmdmg.com/waynesburg/football/|title=Waynesberg College Football Media Guide|publisher=Sidearm DMG|accessdate=February 14, 2011|page=79|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403010909/http://sidearmdmg.com/waynesburg/football/|archive-date=April 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Wiley left Waynesburg to become an assistant at Pitt, where he is credited with recruiting Mike Ditka and Marty Schottenheimer.<ref name=wileydies/>
==Late life and death== Waynesburg left coaching in 1961 to become a salesman and later regional manager for the L.G. Balfour Jewelry & Taylor Publishing Company. He died on March 25, 2013, in Rock Hill, South Carolina.<ref name=wileydies/>
==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Waynesburg Yellow Jackets | conf = Independent | startyear = 1951 | endyear = 1954 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1951 | name = Waynesburg | overall = 6–3 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1952 | name = Waynesburg | overall = 7–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1953 | name = Waynesburg | overall = 4–3 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1954 | name = Waynesburg | overall = 5–2–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Waynesburg | overall = 22–9–1 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 22–9–1 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
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