Jack Childs guided the wrestling program at Drexel University from 1976 until his retirement in 2011. He retired as the active Division I leader in career coaching wins (421).

While on the bench in University City, Childs posted 25 seasons in which his teams won 10 or more matches and he led the Dragons to the 1985 East Coast Wrestling Association championship.

A four-time recipient of the ECWA Coach of the Year award, Childs was also named Colonial Athletic Association Co-Coach of the Year in 2002, the first season in which the Dragons competed in the conference.

He served as president of the National Wrestling Coaches Association and on the NWCA Executive Board. Over the course of his career, Childs amassed more than 500 wins at all levels of NCAA competition while coaching at both Stevens Tech and Drexel.

Throughout his career Childs continued to recruit and develop some of the premier wrestling talent in the Northeast, and remained an innovator for Drexel and the sport of wrestling.