Bob Beatty in 1977 with a Bachelor's in Education. Beatty played on Pittsburg's football team from 1973-76. In 1980, Beatty married his fiancée Jayne, who is also a teacher. Beatty's coaching career began in 1978, when he began working as an assistant coach and teacher at Clinton High School in Clinton, Missouri, where he stayed for two years until he moved to William Jewell College. In 1980, Beatty accepted a job as the offensive coordinator for William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, where he worked until 1986. During his tenure, William Jewell reached the NAIA Division II Football National Championship quarterfinals four
John Beatty (illustrator) to OrlandoCon and make a weekend of it. On this particular occasion, Beatty took some art samples to show professional attendees, comics artists such as Pat Broderick and Bob McLeod (who were living on the west coast of Florida in Tampa). This was also the con where Beatty met AC Comics publisher and artist Bill Black. Beatty showed samples to Black and was offered inking work on the spot; he would get to ink Black's pencils at a rate of $7.00 per page. Beatty's career began to take shape: Bob McLeod tagged him to start doing some assistant work, such