John Zinda

John Zinda
Biographical details
Born	April 2, 1938; Inglewood, California, U.S.
Died	July 14, 1995 (aged 57); Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1965–1967	Royal Oak HS (CA)
1968–1994	Claremont-Mudd
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1983–1995	Claremont-Mudd
Head coaching record
Overall	92–141–4 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	4 SCIAC (1970, 1979, 1986–1987)

John David Zinda (April 2, 1938 – July 14, 1995) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach for Claremont-Mudd, the combined athletics program of Claremont McKenna College and Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, from 1968 to 1994, compiling a record of 92–141–4. Zinda was the head football coach at Royal Oak High School in Covina, California from 1965 to 1967.^[1]

Zinda became director of the Claremont-Mudd combined athletic department in 1983.^[2] He died of leukemia on July 14, 1995.^[3]^[4]

Head coaching record[edit]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Claremont-Mudd Stags (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1968–1994)
1968	Claremont-Mudd	3–4–2	2–2–1	4th
1969	Claremont-Mudd	5–4	3–2	3rd
1970	Claremont-Mudd	8–1	3–1	T–1st
1971	Claremont-Mudd	7–2	3–2	T–2nd
1972	Claremont-Mudd	3–6	1–4	T–4th
1973	Claremont-Mudd	3–5	2–3	T–4th
1974	Claremont-Mudd	2–6	1–4	T–4th
1975	Claremont-Mudd	4–4	2–3	T–3rd
1976	Claremont-Mudd	2–6	2–3	T–4th
1977	Claremont-Mudd	1–7	1–4	5th
1978	Claremont-Mudd	6–3	4–1	2nd
1979	Claremont-Mudd	6–3	4–1	1st
1980	Claremont-Mudd	6–3	4–1	2nd
1981	Claremont-Mudd	4–5	4–1	2nd
1982	Claremont-Mudd	1–8	1–4	5th
1983	Claremont-Mudd	3–6	2–3	T–3rd
1984	Claremont-Mudd	3–5–1	1–3–1^{[n 1]}	T–4th
1985	Claremont-Mudd	1–8	0–4–1^{[n 1]}	6th
1986	Claremont-Mudd	8–1	4–1^{[n 1]}	1st
1987	Claremont-Mudd	5–4	4–0–1^{[n 1]}	T–1st
1988	Claremont-Mudd	2–7	1–3–1^{[n 1]}	5th
1989	Claremont-Mudd	3–6	1–4^{[n 1]}	5th
1990	Claremont-Mudd	2–7	1–3–1^{[n 1]}	5th
1991	Claremont-Mudd	0–9	0–5	6th
1992	Claremont-Mudd	0–9	0–6	7th
1993	Claremont-Mudd	1–6–1	1–5	6th
1994	Claremont-Mudd	3–6	2–4	5th
Claremont-Mudd:		92–141–4	54–77–6
Total:		92–141–4
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g From 1984 to 1990, the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) football schedule included multiple head-to-head meetings each season. In 1984 and 1985, each conference member played two other conference members twice. From 1986 to 1990, each conference member played one other conference member twice. A head-to-head sweep of the two games in one season counted as one win for the winner and one loss for the loser in the conference standings. A split of the two games counted as a tie for each team.

^ Snyder, Don (May 8, 1991). "Royal Oak Success a "Cinderalla Story'". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 30. Retrieved December 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Zinda dies". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. July 16, 1995. p. 28. Retrieved December 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Dufresne, Chris (August 20, 1995). "A Winner". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. C3. Retrieved December 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Dufresne, Chris (August 20, 1995). "Zinda (continued)". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. C5. Retrieved December 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .