Elway also served as the head coach for the Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League of American Football (WLAF) from 1991 to 1992, tallying a mark of 10–10.

[4] Sweeney abruptly resigned after the 1975 season and went south to Fresno State, so in February 1976, Elway joined the staff at the University of Idaho under head coach Ed Troxel.

[5] Elway didn't stay long as an assistant in Moscow; he left in late March after only five weeks on the Vandals' staff to accept a Division II head coaching position at Cal State Northridge.

[7][8][9] In late March 1976, Elway was introduced as the head coach at Cal State Northridge in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles.

[10] He transferred to Granada Hills High School at the start of his sophomore year, and his play over the next three football seasons in head coach Jack Neumeier's spread offense invited scores of scholarship offers; he selected Stanford and enrolled in 1979.

On April 15, 2001, Jack Elway died at age 69, following an apparent heart attack at his home in Palm Springs, California.