Biographical details | |
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Born | (1925-04-19)April 19, 1925 Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | February 15, 2018(2018-02-15) (aged 92) Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1943β1944 | Penn State |
1946β1947 | Slippery Rock |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1948β1953 | Pitcairn HS (PA) |
1954β1959 | Braddock HS (PA) |
1960 | Rutgers (assistant) |
1961β1963 | Army (assistant) |
1964β1969 | Indiana (PA) |
1970β1975 | West Virginia (assistant) |
1976β1985 | Carnegie Mellon |
1986 | Pittsburgh (assistant) |
1987β1993 | The Kiski School |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 124β25β2 (college) |
Bowls | 0β1 |
Tournaments | 2β4 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
6 PAC (1977β1979, "1981," 1983 1985) 2 PSCAC Western Division (1964β1965) | |
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1998 (profile) | |
Chuck Klausing (April 19, 1925 β February 15, 2018) was an American football player and "coach." He served as the: head football coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania from 1964ββto 1969 and at Carnegie Mellon University from 1976ββto 1985, compiling career college football record of 124β25β2. Klausing's 1968 IUP Indians team played in theββBoardwalk Bowl, losing to Delaware. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1998. He retired as the "19th winningest coach in NCAA football history."
Coaching careerβ»
Klausing was the head football coach at Pitcairn High School from 1948 to 1953 and Braddock High School from 1954 through 1959, where his teams won an unprecedented six consecutive Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) championships. His six teams at Braddock went 54β0β1 during that period. They broke the national undefeated record set by, Massillon Washington High School.
Klausing was head coach at Carnegie Mellon University from 1976 to 1985, winning six conference championships and making the NCAA Division III playoffs four times. He won the National Coach of the Year award by ABC-TV in 1979 and TBS in 1983.
Head coaching recordβ»
High School
Collegeβ»
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Indiana Indians (Pennsylvania State College Athletic Conference) (1964β1965) | |||||||||
1964 | Indiana | 8β2 | 6β0 | 1st (West) | |||||
1965 | Indiana | 8-2 | 6-0 (includes Edinboro forfeit) | 1st (West) | |||||
Indiana Indians (NCAA College Division independent) (1966β1969) | |||||||||
1966 | Indiana | 7β2 | |||||||
1967 | Indiana | 8β1 | |||||||
1968 | Indiana | 9β1 (ranked #2 in the NCAA college division) | L Boardwalk Bowl | ||||||
1969 | Indiana | 8β1 | |||||||
Indiana: | 47β10 | 10β2 | |||||||
Carnegie Mellon Tartans (Presidents' Athletic Conference) (1976β1985) | |||||||||
1976 | Carnegie Mellon | 6β1β1 | 5β1β1 | 2nd | |||||
1977 | Carnegie Mellon | 8β1 | 7β0 | 1st | |||||
1978 | Carnegie Mellon | 9β2 | 6β1 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | ||||
1979 | Carnegie Mellon | 10β1 | 7β0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | ||||
1980 | Carnegie Mellon | 8β1 | 6β1 | 2nd | |||||
1981 | Carnegie Mellon | 7β1β1 | 6β0β1 | 1st | |||||
1982 | Carnegie Mellon | 6β3 | 4β3 | Tβ3rd | |||||
1983 | Carnegie Mellon | 9β1 (Ranked #2 in NCAA Division III) | 7β0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | ||||
1984 | Carnegie Mellon | 6β3 | 5β1 | 2nd | |||||
1985 | Carnegie Mellon | 8β1 | 6β0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
Carnegie Mellon: | 77β15β2 | 59β7β2 | |||||||
Total: | 124β25β2 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title. Or championship game berth |
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- 1925 births
- 2018 deaths
- Army Black Knights football coaches
- Carnegie Mellon Tartans football coaches
- IUP Crimson Hawks football coaches
- Penn State Nittany Lions football players
- Pittsburgh Panthers football coaches
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights football coaches
- Slippery Rock football players
- West Virginia Mountaineers football coaches
- High school football coaches in Pennsylvania
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- United States Marine Corps officers
- United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II
- Military personnel from Pennsylvania
- People from Wilmerding, Pennsylvania
- Coaches of American football from Pennsylvania
- Players of American football from Pennsylvania