Jack Cline (1985) - Hall of Fame - Central Michigan University Athletics

Jack Cline

Induction:
1985
Class:
1927

Spent 35 years in service to Central Michigan University, coming to Mt. Pleasant campus in 1937 as an assistant football coach and head baseball and basketball coach ... his seven CMU baseball teams were 61-45 ... his 14 basketball teams won 186 and lost 64 ... the 1948-49 basketball team was 15-1 and ranked No. 1 in the country ... became CMU Athletics Director in 1942, and remained in that capacity until 1972 ... his .676 winning percentage in basketball is tops in CMU history ... a product of Rogers City High, Dan was an outstanding athlete at the University of Michigan in the late 1920s ... Dan Rose Arena is home to CMU basketball, gymnastics, volleyball and wrestling.