John B. Cartwright (born May 5, 1946) is an American Baptist pastor who first achieved acclaim as a record-setting quarterback at the United States Naval Academy in the 1960s.
After a tour of duty in Vietnam, he became head football coach at Lynchburg Baptist College (now called Liberty University) while attending seminary at the school in Virginia.
[1] Cartwright followed Roger Staubach as starting quarterback for the United States Naval Academy as a sophomore in 1965.
[2] Cartwright spent one season in 1973 as an assistant coach at what is now called Liberty University under Lee Royer.
But after Royer died in a plane crash, Cartwright was named the school's second ever head coach and he spent three seasons leading the Flames.