Chuck Klausing

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Chuck Klausing
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1925-04-19) April 19, 1925 Wilmerding, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1943–1944 1946–1947	Penn State Slippery Rock
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1948–1953 1954–1959 1960 1961–1963 1964–1969 1970–1975 1976–1985 1986 1987–1993	Pitcairn HS (PA) Braddock HS (PA) Rutgers (assistant) Army (assistant) Indiana State / IUP West Virginia (assistant) Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh (assistant) Kiski Prep (PA)
Head coaching record
Overall	123–26–2 (college)
Bowls	0–1
Tournaments	2–4 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 2 PSAC Western Division (1964–1965)

College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1998 (profile)

Chuck Klausing (born April 19, 1925) is a former 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 123–26–2. Klausing's 1968 IUP Indians team played in the Boardwalk Bowl, losing to the Delaware. He was inducted into the of the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1998.

Coaching career

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 time span and 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 1983 during that time span.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Indiana State / IUP Big Indians (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) (1964–1965)
1964	Indiana State	8–2	6–0	1st (West)
1965	IUP	6–4	4–2	1st (West)
IUP Indians (Independent) (1966–1969)
1966	IUP	7–2
1967	IUP	8–1
1968	IUP	9–1			L Boardwalk
1969	IUP	8–1
Indiana State / IUP:		46–11	10–2
Carnegie Mellon Tartans () (1976–1985)
1976	Carnegie Mellon	6–1–1
1977	Carnegie Mellon	8–1
1978	Carnegie Mellon	8–2			L NCAA Division III Semifinal
1979	Carnegie Mellon	10–1			L NCAA Division III Semifinal
1980	Carnegie Mellon	8–1
1981	Carnegie Mellon	7–1
1982	Carnegie Mellon	6–3
1983	Carnegie Mellon	9–1			L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal
1984	Carnegie Mellon	6–3
1985	Carnegie Mellon	8–1			L NCAA Division III First Round
Washington:		77–15–2
Total:		123–26–2
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

External links

Chuck Klausing at the College Football Hall of Fame

v t e IUP Indians / Crimson Hawks head football coaches

Frank Mount Pleasant (1911–1913) George Miller (1927–1947) Peck McKnight (1947–1948) Sam Smith (1949–1961) Chuck Mills (1962–1963) Chuck Klausing (1964–1969) Bill Neal (1970–1978) Owen Dougherty (1979–1981) George Chaump (1982–1985) Frank Cignetti, Sr. (1986–2005) Lou Tepper (2006–2010) Curt Cignetti (2011– )

Carnegie Mellon Tartans head football coaches

Challinor (1906)
Joseph Thompson (1907)
William Knox (1908)
E. M. Enitzer (1909)
E. S. Dowling (1910)
E. R. Cozens (1911)
W. L. Marks (1912–1913)
Walter Steffen (1914–1917)
No team (1918)
Walter Steffen (1919–1932)
Howard Harpster (1933–1936)
Bill Kern (1937–1939)
Edward Baker (1940–1942)
Joe Skladany (1943)
No team (1944–1945)
William W. Donohoe (1946–1948)
Edward Baker (1949–1959)
Edward Hirshberg (1960–1962)
Joe Gasparella (1963–1975)
Chuck Klausing (1976–1985)
Rich Lackner (1986– )

Persondata
Name	Klausing, Chuck
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	April 19, 1925
Place of birth	Wilmerding, Pennsylvania
Date of death
Place of death

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