Jack Faber

John Edgar "Jack" Faber Jr. (13 January 1903 to 14 January 1994) was an American microbiologist and a college lacrosse and football coach at the University of Maryland. He played lacrosse and basketball for Maryland in the 1920s, then coached the Maryland lacrosse team from 1928 to 1963, compiling a record of 249 wins and 57 losses with eight outright or shared national championships and nine Atlantic Coast Conference titles, and was named USILA Coach of the Year in 1959. He also coached the Maryland football team in 1935 and as a co-head coach in 1940 and 1941. Alongside his coaching he headed the university microbiology department for eighteen years. He entered the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1963 and the Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1983.