Jack Curling pitched for MC’s Rockville Campus baseball team from 1967 to 1969. During a game against Anne Arundel Community College in May 1968, he set a standing school record by striking out 23 batters. In the same year, he was named All Region.

In his first start as varsity pitcher for St. John’s College High School in 1965, Jack pitched a no-hitter against Mackin High School that was reported in the Washington Post. The next year, he pitched a two-hit shutout to defeat Carroll High School for the League Title.

In 1970 and 1971, Jack pitched for High Point University and was a Carolina Conference All Star. He earned a master’s degree in education from American University in 1976.

Jack has taught physical education and health classes at Montgomery College since 1978, in addition to serving as both the Germantown Campus’s department chair for health and physical education and its director of athletics since 1979. He coached the tennis team to the National Tournament in 1984, and was named Regional Coach of the Year.

Jack has served as treasurer and secretary of the Region XX Directors of Athletics. When his children were younger, he volunteered as a swimming coach for Bennington Community Swim Team.  A certified professional in the Professional Tennis Registry, Jack was the winner of the Harden and Weaver tennis tournament in 1980 (and its manager the following year), the City of Rockville 50s singles champion in 2000, and the City of Gaithersburg 50s singles champion in 2002. He has served as a visiting tennis professional in various Caribbean resorts for the past seven years—and plans to continue.

Jack has been married to Nancy for 34 years and has 2 grown children.