{{Short description|American football coach (born 1939)}} {{Use American English|date=December 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Wally English | image = Wally English, 1972.png | caption = English, {{Circa|1972}} | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|06|28}} | birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|04|17|1934|06|28}} | death_place = Kentucky, U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/coaches/engl00700.html |title=Wally English Coaching Record and Bio |website=profootballarchives.com |accessdate=December 20, 2025}}</ref> | alma_mater = University of Louisville | coach_years1 = 1966–1968 | coach_team1 = Kentucky (QB) | coach_years2 = 1977 | coach_team2 = Detroit Lions (OB) | coach_years3 = 1978 | coach_team3 = BYU (OC/QB) | coach_years4 = 1979 | coach_team4 = Pittsburgh (OC/WR) | coach_years5 = 1980 | coach_team5 = Pittsburgh (OC/QB) | coach_years6 = 1981–1982 | coach_team6 = Miami Dolphins (QB/WR) | coach_years7 = 1983–1984 | coach_team7 = Tulane | coach_years8 = 1989 | coach_team8 = Palermo Cardinals, Italy | coach_years9 = 1992 | coach_team9 = Ohio Glory (OC/QB/WR) | coach_years10 = 1997 | coach_team10 = Hawaii (OC) | coach_years11 = 2003 | coach_team11 = Louisville Fire | coach_years12 = 2008 | coach_team12 = Palermo Corsari, Italy | overall_record = 5–17 }} '''Wallace Gregory English''' (June 28, 1934 – April 17, 2024)<ref name=obit/> was an American football coach. He coached in the National Football League (NFL) and served as a head coach in college football for the Tulane Green Wave.

==Career== English was on Tommy Hudspeth's coaching staff with the Detroit Lions until the entire group was dismissed on January 9, 1978.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/10/archives/lions-oust-hudspeth-all-of-his-aides-lions-oust-hudspeth-and-his.html "Lions Oust Hudspeth, All Of His Aides," ''United Press International'' (UPI), Monday, January 9, 1978.] Retrieved November 24, 2020</ref> He was offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Panthers under Jackie Sherrill in 1979 and 1980, where he coached future Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino. English was hired by Don Shula to be the Miami Dolphins' quarterbacks and receivers coach in 1981 and 1982. The Dolphins played in Super Bowl XVII following the strike-shortened 1982 season, but lost to the Washington Redskins.

English was the head football coach at Tulane University from 1983 to 1984, compiling a record of 5–17 (7–15 on the field; 1983 wins vs. Ole Miss and Florida State were forfeited when his son, quarterback Jon English, played in violation of NCAA eligibility rules). In taking the Tulane job, English missed the opportunity to coach Marino with the Dolphins, who selected Marino 27th overall in the 1983 NFL draft.

In 2003, English was hired to replace Jeff Brohm as the head coach of the Louisville Fire af2 team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2003/03/31/story7.html |title=Arena football officials hope to improve on, off field |author=John R. Karman III |date=March 31, 2003 |publisher=American City Business Journals|work=www.bizjournals.com|accessdate=January 31, 2017}}</ref> He was fired after just two games with a record of 1–1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2003/04/07/daily20.html |title=Fire name defensive coordinator as coach |date=April 8, 2003 |publisher=American City Business Journals|work=www.bizjournals.com|accessdate=January 31, 2017}}</ref>

English died in April 2024, aged 89.<ref name=obit>{{cite web |url=https://www.courier-journal.com/obituaries/psbn0794944 |title=Wallace Gregory English |website=courier-journal.com |date=April 2024 |accessdate=December 20, 2025}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==

===College=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Tulane Green Wave | conf = NCAA Division I-AA independent | startyear = 1983 | endyear = 1984 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1983 | name = Tulane | overall = 2–9 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1984 | name = Tulane | overall = 3–8 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Tulane | overall = 5–17 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 5–17 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}

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