After graduating in 1955 from Charleston High School where he played football all three years, Jack Perry served in the U.S. Army from 1956-58. He then attended Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) where he graduated in 1963 with a B.S. Degree. Later he received an M.A. in Administration from West Virginia University in 1972 and an M.A. in Industrial Safety from Marshall University in 1979. Jack spent his career in education in Kanawha County from 1969 to 1997 while coaching football, wrestling, and track at Lincoln Junior High and Stonewall Jackson Junior High. From 1997-2000, he served as assistant wrestling coach at Capital High. At the junior high level, Jack was very successful. He was one of the founders of the junior high wrestling program in the Kanawha Valley and later helped promote little league wrestling. Under Jack's leadership, his wrestling teams won 11 county championships and had 76 individual champions, including sons P.J., Heath, and Paige. Also Jack served several years as President of the Kanawha County Jr. High Coaches Association and thirteen years as Jr. High Representative for the West Virginia Coaches Association. He directed the Kanawha County Wrestling Tournament for eighteen years. Jack's successes and dedication did not go unnoticed. In 1985, the West Virginia Coaches Association named him West Virginia Junior High Coach of the Year. In 1991, he was chosen as Kanawha County Coach of the Year. Jack Perry and his lovely wife, Suzy, have four children ----PJ, Heath, and Paige, and daughter Brooke. PJ and wife, Letha, have blessed them with three grandchildren ---Callie, Brock and Braxton. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame honors Jack L. Perry with a "Lifetime Service to Wrestling" award, class of 2007.