John Christenbury

John Christenbury

Christenbury pictured in The Tecoan 1942, East Carolina yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born	(1907-02-13)February 13, 1907 North Carolina
Died	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)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

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	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
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

External links

• East Carolina Hall of Fame profile
• John Christenbury at the College Football Data Warehouse
• East Carolina University Icons Gallery profile