| Rich Lackner | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Carnegie Mellon University | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Conference | UAA | |
| Team record | 156-64-2 | |
| Place of birth |  Pittsburgh, PA |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Championships | ||
| 8 UAA Championships 2 ECAC Bowl Championships |
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| Awards | ||
| UAA Coach of the Year (1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2006) Bob Prince Award(2003) All-South Region Coach of the Year(2006) |
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| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1986-present | Carnegie Mellon | |
| College Football Hall of Fame, Western Pennsylvania Hall of Fame, inducted 2003 | ||
Rich Lackner is the head football coach of the Carnegie Mellon Tartans. For the coaching strategy game see NFL Head Coach. A head coach is a professional who is responsible for the overall actions of This is a list of American institutions of Higher education in the United States and abroad sorted by region Carnegie Mellon University (also known as CMU) is a private Research University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with This is a List of Athletic Conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA Member teams Former Member Conference facilities Sports The UAA sanctions competition in the following sports Men For the coaching strategy game see NFL Head Coach. A head coach is a professional who is responsible for the overall actions of Carnegie Mellon University (also known as CMU) is a private Research University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend Indiana, USA is a hall of fame and museum devoted to College football. Carnegie Mellon University (also known as CMU) is a private Research University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United As a head coach, he has compiled a career record of 156-64-2 (. 705).
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Playing Career
A Pittsburgh native, Lackner graduated with honors from Mt. Lebanon High School, one of Pennsylvania's perennial football powers. Mt Lebanon School District is the public school system for residents of Mt As a senior he led Mt. Lebanon to the WPIAL Class AAA title game with a 9-2 record. The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL is an interscholastic athletic association in Western Pennsylvania.
Lackner himself had an exceptional athletic and academic career at Carnegie Mellon. A four year starter at linebacker, he was a three-time All-Presidents' Athletic Conference pick as well as the PAC's 1976 Defensive Player-of-the-Year. Presidents' Athletic Conference is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA 's Division III In 1978 Lackner was named to the Pittsburgh Press All-District Team and received a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Dapper Dan Award. The Pittsburgh Press, now defunct was a major daily Newspaper in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the "PG" is the largest daily Newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Also a model student, he was twice named an Academic All-American. An All-American "team" is an honorary Sports team composed of outstanding Amateur players those considered the best players of a specific season for
During his playing career, Carnegie Mellon had a four-year mark of 28-7-1 and won PAC titles in 1977 and 1978. The Tartans advanced to the NCAA Playoffs in 1978, marking their first postseason appearance since the 1939 Sugar Bowl. The Sugar Bowl is an annual American College football Bowl game played in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Louisiana.
Early Coaching Career
Following his 1979 graduation from Carnegie Mellon with a bachelor's degree in history, Lackner remained with head coach Chuck Klausing as an assistant coach. Chuck Klausing ( April 19, 1925 &ndash) was head coach six years 1964-69 at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, located at Indiana PA Seven years later, Lackner was named head coach when Klausing left to join Mike Gottfried's staff at Pitt. Mike Gottfried (born 1945 was a NCAA Division I football coach at Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Kansas, and
Head Coaching
Named head coach in 1986, Lackner has directed the Tartans to a 156-64-2 (. 705) record, nine conference championships and two NCAA playoff berths. Lackner passed Walter Steffen, who guided Carnegie Tech to an 88-53-8 mark from 1914-32, as the winningest coach in school history on Sept. 19, 1998 as the Tartans defeated Bethany College, 38-7. Bethany College may refer to Bethany College (Lindsborg Kansas, US Bethany College (Bethany West Virginia, US
Carnegie Mellon has risen to unprecedented prominence in the University Athletic Association (UAA) under Lackner. Carnegie Mellon University (also known as CMU) is a private Research University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United Member teams Former Member Conference facilities Sports The UAA sanctions competition in the following sports Men The Tartans own eight UAA titles and have an impressive conference record of 45-16 (. 738). Lackner has been named the UAA Coach of the Year five times, in 1990, '91, '93, '97 and most recently in 2006 after leading the Tartans to an 11-1 season, the most wins in school history and their sixth appearance in the NCAA playoffs. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations He was also named All-South Region Coach of the Year by D3football. com in 2006. In May 2003, Lackner was inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Hall of Fame. Western Pennsylvania consists of the western third of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. He was also awarded the Bob Prince Award during the Catholic Youth Organization's 29th annual dinner. Robert Ferris Prince ( July 1[[ 916]] - June 10[[ 985]] was an American Radio and Television Sportscaster and commentator A Catholic Youth Organization ( CYO) is an organization for young Catholics.
Family
Lackner and his wife, Cindy, have two children, Nick, 27, who is a graduate of John Carroll University and holds a MSc Degree from Columbia University and Kimberly, 25, who is a 2005 graduate of Carnegie Mellon. John Carroll University is a private co-educational Jesuit university in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area in the United States. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Carnegie Mellon University (also known as CMU) is a private Research University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | ||||
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| Carnegie Mellon (UAA) (1986 — present) | |||||||||
| 1986 | Carnegie Mellon | 6-3-0 | PAC | ||||||
| 1987 | Carnegie Mellon | 7-2-1 | PAC | ||||||
| 1988 | Carnegie Mellon | 5-4-1 | PAC | ||||||
| 1989 | Carnegie Mellon | 7-3-0 | PAC | Co-Champions | |||||
| 1990 | Carnegie Mellon | 10-1-0 | UAA | Champions | NCAA Playoffs | ||||
| 1991 | Carnegie Mellon | 9-1-0 | UAA | Champions | |||||
| 1992 | Carnegie Mellon | 7-2-0 | UAA | ||||||
| 1993 | Carnegie Mellon | 8-2-0 | UAA | Champions | |||||
| 1994 | Carnegie Mellon | 7-3-0 | UAA | Co-Champions | |||||
| 1995 | Carnegie Mellon | 7-3-0 | UAA | Co-Champions | |||||
| 1996 | Carnegie Mellon | 7-3-0 | UAA | Co-Champions | |||||
| 1997 | Carnegie Mellon | 8-2-0 | UAA | Champions | |||||
| 1998 | Carnegie Mellon | 7-3-0 | UAA | ||||||
| 1999 | Carnegie Mellon | 8-3-0 | UAA | ECAC South | |||||
| 2000 | Carnegie Mellon | 6-4-0 | UAA | ||||||
| 2001 | Carnegie Mellon | 7-2-0 | UAA | ||||||
| 2002 | Carnegie Mellon | 5-5-0 | UAA | ||||||
| 2003 | Carnegie Mellon | 6-4-0 | UAA | ||||||
| 2004 | Carnegie Mellon | 6-4-0 | UAA | ||||||
| 2005 | Carnegie Mellon | 5-5-0 | UAA | ||||||
| 2006 | Carnegie Mellon | 11-1-0 | UAA | Champions | NCAA Playoffs | ||||
| 2007 | Carnegie Mellon | 7-4-0 | UAA | ECAC Southwest | |||||
| Carnegie Mellon: | 156-64-2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 156-64-2 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. Carnegie Mellon University (also known as CMU) is a private Research University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United Member teams Former Member Conference facilities Sports The UAA sanctions competition in the following sports Men #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. The USA Today Coaches' Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I-A College football and Division I | |||||||||
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