John Hunter

Height:
6-3
Weight:
220
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Detroit, Mich.
High School:
DePorres

To email coach Hunter: jlhunte@bgsu.edu John Hunter, a Bowling Green alma mater, will begin his fourth year on the Falcon coaching staff, serving as the team[apos]s running back coach. This past season, despite constant injuries in the backfield, Hunter helped coach a quartet of tailbacks to average 4.93 yards per carry in 2008, finishing the season with 1,192 yards and nine touchdowns. In 2007 Hunter[apos]s running backs recorded 1,607 yards on the ground, led by former quarterback Anthony Turner (519). True freshman Willie Getter chipped in with 432 yards and Chris Bullock had 281. In 2006 he saw the Falcons lead the MAC averaging 176.6 yards per game and oversaw the development of Freshman All-American Chris Bullock. From 2000 to 2006, Hunter served as the head football and boy[apos]s track and field coach at Pershing. On the gridiron, his teams were 40-28 and made four state playoff appearances in the last six years after the school had made just one state playoff appearances in its history prior to his arrival. He led Pershing to two district titles, two regional championship games and one Detroit P.S.L. playoff nod. Hunter, who graduated from the institution in 1988, was a four-year starter at linebacker and twice was named first-team All-MAC (1986 and 1987). For his career, he had 336 tackles, including 44 for a loss and was a member of a 1985 MAC Championship team. Following his senior year, he signed a free agent contract with the San Francisco 49ers. Prior to his stint at Pershing High School, Hunter was an assistant coach at St. Martin DePorres in 1989 and from 1994-99. He was the defensive backs coach for a team which won the state championship in 1989 and was defensive coordinator from 1994-99, also winning state titles in 1995 and 1996. As a player, he also played on state title teams at DePorres in 1981 and 1982. A native of Detroit, he and his wife, Amara, have a son, John (10) and a daughter, Justiss (6).