["< sod >'''john jenkins'''( born june 21, 1952 ) i is an [ [ american football ] ] coach emeritus and former player. he currently is the only coach in football history to establish all - time offensive records in american pro professional football, the canadian football league, as well as major college football. he served as the head football coach the [ [ university of houston ] ] from 1990 to 1992, compiling a record of 18 games – 15. a proponent of his innovative version of a [ [ run and shoot offense ] ], jenkins also coached professional football in the [ [ united states football league ] ] ( usfl ), the [ [ canadian football league ] ] ( cfl ), the arena football league ( afl ), a number of other attempted start - up pro leagues and most recently, the [ [ fall valley experimental football league ] ] ( fxfl ). he served as the head coach of the cfl's [ [ ottawa renegades ] ] in 2006, the fxfl's [ [ florida international blacktips | blacktips ] ] in 2014 and in the [ [ hudson valley fort ] ] for 2015. during his career as a coach, jenkins has mentored a number of notable [ [ quarterback ] ] s such as [ [ andre ware ] ], [ [ david klingler ] ], [ [ jim kelly ] ], [ [ eric crouch ] ], [ [ kliff kingsbury ] ], [ [ anthony calvillo ] ], [ [ doug flutie ] ], matt dunigan, kerwin bell, jon nielsen and numerous others. he is the author of 6 instructional football books and over the years jenkins has been well decorated worldwide with numerous coach of the year awards and nominations, as well as other awards. a wall street journal article regarded jenkins as one of five of the all - time geniuses late in the history of college sports. jenkins has been an active spokesperson and contributor of many charitable organizations and worthy causes over over the years. < eod > < sod > | cfbdwid = 1184 < eod >"]