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Chuck Klausing

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Chuck Klausing
Biographical details
Born(1925-04-19)April 19, 1925
Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedFebruary 15, 2018(2018-02-15) (aged 92)
Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1]
Playing career
1943–1944Penn State
1946–1947Slippery Rock
Position(s)Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1948–1953Pitcairn HS (PA)
1954–1959Braddock HS (PA)
1960Rutgers (assistant)
1961–1963Army (assistant)
1964–1969Indiana (PA)
1970–1975West Virginia (assistant)
1976–1985Carnegie Mellon
1986Pittsburgh (assistant)
1987–1993The Kiski School
Head coaching record
Overall124–25–2 (college)
Bowls0–1
Tournaments2–4 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
6 PAC (1977–1979, 1981, 1983 1985)
2 PSCAC Western Division (1964–1965)
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1998 (profile)

Chuck Klausing (April 19, 1925 – February 15, 2018[1]) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania from 1964 to 1969 and at Carnegie Mellon University from 1976 to 1985, compiling a career college football record of 124–25–2. Klausing's 1968 IUP Indians team played in the Boardwalk 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 career

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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 54–0–1 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 record

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High School

College

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Indiana Indians (Pennsylvania State College Athletic Conference) (1964–1965)
1964 Indiana 8–2 6–0 1st (West)
1965 Indiana 8-2 6-0 (includes Edinboro forfeit) 1st (West)
Indiana Indians (NCAA College Division independent) (1966–1969)
1966 Indiana 7–2
1967 Indiana 8–1
1968 Indiana 9–1 (ranked #2 in the NCAA college division) L Boardwalk Bowl
1969 Indiana 8–1
Indiana: 47–10 10–2
Carnegie Mellon Tartans (Presidents' Athletic Conference) (1976–1985)
1976 Carnegie Mellon 6–1–1 5–1–1 2nd
1977 Carnegie Mellon 8–1 7–0 1st
1978 Carnegie Mellon 9–2 6–1 1st L NCAA Division III Semifinal
1979 Carnegie Mellon 10–1 7–0 1st L NCAA Division III Semifinal
1980 Carnegie Mellon 8–1 6–1 2nd
1981 Carnegie Mellon 7–1–1 6–0–1 1st
1982 Carnegie Mellon 6–3 4–3 T–3rd
1983 Carnegie Mellon 9–1 (Ranked #2 in NCAA Division III) 7–0 1st L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal
1984 Carnegie Mellon 6–3 5–1 2nd
1985 Carnegie Mellon 8–1 6–0 1st L NCAA Division III First Round
Carnegie Mellon: 77–15–2 59–7–2
Total: 124–25–2
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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