Tom Jobst, Hall of Fame high school football coach, has died at age 75

Hall of Fame Illinois high school football coach Tom Jobst, last the head coach at Ottawa’s Marquette Academy, passed away on Sunday. He was 75.Jobst – a 2016 inductee into the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame – was head coach at New Berlin (1976-79), Morrison (1980-87), Ottawa (1990-92) and Marquette (2010-2024). He also concluded his career with a 187-103 record.“Some people leave a legacy that lives far beyond the years they spent on the field. Coach Tom Jobst was one of those people,” said a post on the Marquette Academy Facebook page. “Coach Jobst was so much more than a football coach to Marquette Academy. He helped bring our football program back to life and gave 14 years of dedication, discipline, leadership and heart to our players and school community.”In 2010, Jobst took over a Marquette football program that had not been to the playoffs since 2001 and had gone a combined 18-54 the previous eight years. Jobst’s Crusaders struggled with low numbe