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Jack Bicknell (born February 20, 1938) is a football coach.

Jack is nicknamed "Cowboy Jack" because of his love for country music and horse riding. He and his wife, Lois, have three children, Jack, Jr., Wendy and Bob and five grandchildren. Both of his sons - who played for him at Boston College - are in the coaching business. Jack is the head coach of the Louisiana Tech, while Bobby is with the NFL Europe League's Berlin Thunder.

Early positions

Bicknell was the head coach at Maine from 1976 to 1980, earning a 18-35-1 win-loss record. After that, he went to coach at Boston College, where he stayed for ten years. At BC, he was 59-55-1, and was head coach in 1984 when Heisman winner Doug Flutie completed his famous Hail Mary pass to Gerard Phelan to beat Miami as time expired.

NFL Europe

He was named the head coach of the Barcelona Dragons at their inception in 1991, and served there until October 2003, when he was named head coach of the Scottish Claymores. He has an overall record of 59-55 in his NFL Europe career. Bicknell has made four World Bowl appearances, and has been to three title games in the past six years. In 1991, he led the Barcelona Dragons to an 8-2 mark and a berth in the first World Bowl. In 1997, his Dragons won the first half of the season and went on to win World Bowl '97 in Barcelona. In 1999, the Dragons posted a league-best 7-3 mark before losing to Frankfurt in the World Bowl. Also posted a league-best 8-2 record in 2001 before losing World Bowl IX to the Berlin Thunder in Amsterdam.

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