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American football coach, scout, and executive

Tom Heckert
Biographical details
Born	(1938-09-18) September 18, 1938 (age 86)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1973–1981	Adrian
Basketball
1970–1971	Adrian
Baseball
1969–1970	Adrian

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1982–1986	Cleveland Browns (scout)
1989–2007	Miami Dolphins (personnel)

Head coaching record
Overall	43–36–2 (football) 1–19 (basketball) 20–20 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 MIAA (1980)

Tom Heckert (September 18, 1938 – September 20, 2016) was an American football coach, scout, and executive. He served as the head football coach at Adrian College from 1973 to 1981, compiling a record of 43–36–2. Heckert was then a scout with the Cleveland Browns from 1982 to 1986 and a personnel executive with the Miami Dolphins from 1989 until his retirement in 2007. His son, Tom Heckert Jr., was the former general manager of the Browns.

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Adrian Bulldogs (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1973–1981)
1973	Adrian	1–8	0–5	6th
1974	Adrian	2–7	0–5	6th
1975	Adrian	4–5	2–3	T–4th
1976	Adrian	3–6	1–4	5th
1977	Adrian	4–4–1	2–2–1	3rd
1978	Adrian	6–3	4–1	2nd
1979	Adrian	6–2–1	3–1–1	2nd
1980	Adrian	9–0	5–0	1st
1981	Adrian	8–1	4–1	2nd
Adrian:		43–36–2	21–22–2
Total:		43–36–2
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

References

"Adrian College mourns loss of former coach, administrator Heckert". Daily Telegram. October 15, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2023.

v t e Adrian Bulldogs head football coaches
Unknown (1892) No team (1893) Frank Ewing (1894) Unknown (1895–1896) No team (1897) Unknown (1898) No team (1899) Unknown (1900) No team (1901–1902) E. E. Tarr (1903–1904) No team (1905) Huffstrater (1906–1910) Tom Leith (1911–1912) Ernest Brown (1913) Frank Coombs (1914) Bill Dague (1915) Perry Grimm (1916–1917) No team (1918) Harvey E. Orwick (1919) No team (1920) B. M. Allman (1921–1922) Dale R. Sprankle (1923–1935) Frank Ballenger (1936–1937) Harve A. Oliphant (1938–1941) No team (1942–1945) Lyman E. Abbott (1946–1949) John Darnton (1950) Theodore Boyett (1951–1952) Joe Fortunato (1953–1955) Robert Gillis (1956–1958) Les Leggett (1959–1961) Charles Marvin (1962–1967) William C. Davis (1968–1972) Tom Heckert Sr. (1973–1981) Ron Labadie (1982–1989) Jim Lyall (1990–2010) Jim Deere (2011–2023) Harry Bailey # (2023) Joe Palka (2024– ) # Denotes interim head coach

Adrian Bulldogs head football coaches

Unknown (1892)
No team (1893)
Frank Ewing (1894)
Unknown (1895–1896)
No team (1897)
Unknown (1898)
No team (1899)
Unknown (1900)
No team (1901–1902)
E. E. Tarr (1903–1904)
No team (1905)
Huffstrater (1906–1910)
Tom Leith (1911–1912)
Ernest Brown (1913)
Frank Coombs (1914)
Bill Dague (1915)
Perry Grimm (1916–1917)
No team (1918)
Harvey E. Orwick (1919)
No team (1920)
B. M. Allman (1921–1922)
Dale R. Sprankle (1923–1935)
Frank Ballenger (1936–1937)
Harve A. Oliphant (1938–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Lyman E. Abbott (1946–1949)
John Darnton (1950)
Theodore Boyett (1951–1952)
Joe Fortunato (1953–1955)
Robert Gillis (1956–1958)
Les Leggett (1959–1961)
Charles Marvin (1962–1967)
William C. Davis (1968–1972)
Tom Heckert Sr. (1973–1981)
Ron Labadie (1982–1989)
Jim Lyall (1990–2010)
Jim Deere (2011–2023)
Harry Bailey # (2023)
Joe Palka (2024– )

# Denotes interim head coach

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