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{{Short description|American gridiron football player and coach (born 1960)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name               = John Fourcade
| number             = 12, 11, 7
| position           = [[Quarterback]]
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1960|10|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Gretna, Louisiana]], U.S.
| height_ft          = 6
| height_in          = 1
| weight_lb          = 208
| high_school        = [[Archbishop Shaw High School|Marrero (LA) Archbishop Shaw]]
| college            = [[Ole Miss Rebels football|Ole Miss]]
| undraftedyear      = 1982
| teams              =
* [[British Columbia Lions]] ({{CFL Year|1983}})
* [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] ({{CFL Year|1984}})
* [[Memphis Showboats]] ({{USFL Year|1985}})
* [[New York Giants]] ({{NFL Year|1985}}–{{NFL Year|1986}})*
* [[Denver Dynamite (arena football)|Denver Dynamite]] ({{AFL Year|1987}})*
* [[New Orleans Saints]] ({{NFL Year|1987}}–{{NFL Year|1990}})
* [[Miami Hooters]] ({{AFL Year|1993}})
* [[Milwaukee Mustangs (1994–2001)|Milwaukee Mustangs]] ({{AFL Year|1994}})
* [[Mississippi Fire Dogs]] (1998–2000)
* [[Mobile Seagulls]] (2001)
* [[Louisiana Bayou Beast]] (2001)
| pastcoaching       =
* [[Miami Hooters]] ({{AFL Year|1995}})<br/>Head coach
* [[Mississippi Fire Dogs]] (1998–2000)<br/>Head coach
* [[Mobile Seagulls]] (2001)<br/>Head coach
* [[Louisiana Bayou Beast]] (2001)<br/>Head coach
* [[Florida Firecats]] (2002)<br/>Head coach
* [[Columbus Wardogs]] (2003)<br/>Head coach
* [[Florida Firecats]] (2004)<br/>Head coach
* [[Tupelo FireAnts]] (2005)<br/>Head coach
* [[Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings]] (2006)<br/>Head coach
* [[Fairbanks Grizzlies]] (2007)<br/>Head coach
* [[Acadiana Mudbugs]] (2008)<br/>Head coach
* [[Rio Grande Valley Magic]] ([[2009 SIFL season|2009]]–2012)<br/>Head coach
* [[New Mexico Stars]] (2016)<br/>Head coach
| pastexecutive      =
* [[Mississippi Fire Dogs]] (1999–2000)<br/>General manager
* [[New Mexico Stars]] (2016)<br/>General manager
| highlights         =
* First-team [[List of All-SEC football teams|All-SEC]] ([[1980 All-SEC football team|1980]])
* Second-team All-SEC ([[1979 All-SEC football team|1979]])
| statlabel1         = Completions
| statvalue1         = 159
| statlabel2         = Attempts
| statvalue2         = 313
| statlabel3         = Passing yards
| statvalue3         = 2,312
| statlabel4         = Touchdowns
| statvalue4         = 14
| statlabel5         = Interceptions
| statvalue5         = 15
| aflstatlabel1      = Comp. / Att.
| aflstatvalue1      = 118 / 205
| aflstatlabel2      = Passing yards
| aflstatvalue2      = 1,152
| aflstatlabel3      = [[Touchdown|TD]]-[[Interception|INT]]
| aflstatvalue3      = 12-11
| aflstatlabel4      = [[Passer rating|QB Rating]]
| aflstatvalue4      = 65.75
| aflstatlabel5      = Rushing TD
| aflstatvalue5      = 4
| coachregrecord     = 1-11 ({{winpct|1|11}})
| coachplayoffrecord = 0–0 ({{winpct|0|0}})
| coachrecord        = 1–11 ({{winpct|1|11}})
| pfr                = FourJo00
| afl                = 530 
}}

'''John Charles Fourcade, Jr.''' (born October 11, 1960) is a former professional [[American football]] [[quarterback]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[New Orleans Saints]]. Fourcade was the most valuable player of the 1982 [[Senior Bowl]] after passing for 115 yards and running for 33 yards and two touchdowns. He had gained 6,713 yards at [[Ole Miss]] from 1978 to 1981, breaking the career record of [[Archie Manning]].

==Professional career==
Fourcade played as an [[undrafted free agent]] in four games as a backup to [[Joe Paopao]] for the [[British Columbia Lions]] in 1983. As a career journeyman quarterback, he played for the 1984 [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] ([[Canadian Football League|CFL]]) and the 1985 [[Memphis Showboats]] ([[United States Football League|USFL]]) before being signed as a free agent by the [[New York Giants]] in May 1986. He then played for the 1987 [[Denver Dynamite (Arena Football)|Denver Dynamite]] in the [[Arena Football League (1987-2008)|Arena Football League]]. In 1987, he led the Saints to a 2-1 replacement game record and made the regular roster. Over his career, Fourcade passed for 2,312 yards in 24 games for the Saints, with a passer rating of 70.1. He was waived by the Saints in July 1991.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eKNJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fA0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3108,4264633&dq=john+fourcade&hl=en Saints cut Fourcade]</ref> In 1993, he played for the [[Miami Hooters]] of the AFL. From 1998 to 2000, he was the general manager, head coach and played in the [[National Indoor Football League]] for the [[Mississippi Fire Dogs]]. In 2001, he played for the [[Mobile Seagulls]] and the [[Louisiana Bayou Beast]] in the [[National Indoor Football League]].

==Coaching career==
Prior to playing for the Saints in the replacement games, J. Fourcade was the QB coach at John Ehret High School, Marrero La. From 1986 to 1987. At John Ehret, Fourcade coached Kordell "Slash" Stewart. Fourcade played with the 1994 [[Milwaukee Mustangs (1994–2001)|Milwaukee Mustangs]] (AFL), and Coached the 1995 Miami Hooters (AFL), the 1999-2000 [[Mississippi Fire Dogs]] ([[IPFL]]), the 2001 [[Mobile Seagulls]]/[[Louisiana Bayou Beast]] (NIFL), the 2002 [[Florida Firecats]] ([[af2]]), the 2003-2004 [[Columbus Wardogs]] (af2), the 2005 [[Tupelo FireAnts]] ([[United Indoor Football|UIF]]) and the 2006 [[Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings]] ([[af2]]).

In the 2007 season, Fourcade was the head coach of the [[Indoor Football League|IFL]]'s [[Fairbanks Grizzlies]] in [[Fairbanks, Alaska]].

In the 2008 season, he led the [[Acadiana Mudbugs]] to the SIFL's first playoffs and finished the season 6-6. For the 2010 season, he was fired after the team's opening game loss (they had since been renamed the [[Lafayette Wildcatters]]) and replaced by ex-Arena League and Af2 Coach [[Skip Foster]].

On August 20, 2009, it was announced that Fourcade would be the head coach of the [[Rio Grande Valley Magic]] SIFL team for its inaugural 2010 season.

John Fourcade has since left the SIFL and first moved on to the new Lone Star Football League, in which he was the head coach of the [[Rio Grande Valley Magic]] in the 2011 season.

On December 26, 2015, John Fourcade was announced as head coach of the Louisiana Cottonmouths indoor football team, but the team folded without ever competing before the season began.

In April 2016, Fourcade was named the head coach of the [[New Mexico Stars]], an [[Indoor American football|indoor football]] team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abqjournal.com/750838/sports/indoor-football-stars-take-a-trip-with-a-new-coach.html |title=Indoor football: Stars take a trip with a new coach |author=Bob Christ |date=April 3, 2016 |publisher=Albuquerque Journal |work=www.abqjournal.com |access-date=April 6, 2016}}</ref>

==Broadcasting career==

Fourcade currently serves as an NFL football analyst for [[WDSU]] (NBC) New Orleans.

On September 5, 2013, the "John Fourcade Show presented by Ray Brandt" will premiere on WHNO TV ([[Lester Sumrall|LeSEA Broadcasting]]) in the New Orleans area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsnola.com/sports/saints/saints-news/599078-rickey-jackson-john-fourcade-join-whno-sports-coverage.html |title=Rickey Jackson, John Fourcade Join WHNO Sports Coverage |date=August 23, 2013 |publisher=[[Lester Sumrall|LeSEA Broadcasting]] |work=www.sportsnola.com |access-date=October 16, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017024521/http://www.sportsnola.com/sports/saints/saints-news/599078-rickey-jackson-john-fourcade-join-whno-sports-coverage.html |archive-date=October 17, 2013 }}</ref> John Fourcade will join with host Mike Detillier to discuss upcoming Saints, NFL, and LSU action.  The show will be shot on location at featured Ray Brandt automotive dealerships.

==Personal life==

Fourcade once dated [[Marla Maples]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://buffalonews.com/news/people-in-the-news-whats-jim-kellys-favorite-tree/article_e98cc01e-373b-5f6b-a345-af746c31ce76.html| title = PEOPLE IN THE NEWS WHAT'S JIM KELLY'S FAVORITE TREE? {{!}} Latest Headlines {{!}} buffalonews.com| date = March 20, 1990}}</ref>

Fourcade is the uncle of former [[Nicholls Colonels football|Nicholls]] quarterback [[Chase Fourcade]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 21, 2018 |title=Football remains big part of former Saints QB's life |url=https://www.houmatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/saints/2018/07/21/football-remains-big-part-of-former-saints-qbs-life/11431591007/ |access-date=March 8, 2023 |website=The Courier |language=}}</ref>

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