1. Jack Robert Lengyel was born on March 4,1935 and is an American software executive and former college football coach, college lacrosse coach, and athletics administrator.
14 Facts About Jack Lengyel
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Jack Lengyel served as the interim athletic director at Temple University in 2002, at Eastern Kentucky University from 2002 to 2003, and at the University of Colorado Boulder from 2004 to 2005.
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Jack Lengyel graduated from The University of Akron where he was an assistant coach in 1959, and was a member of the Lone Star Fraternity.
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Jack Lengyel was an assistant coach at Heidelberg College and Cornell University before becoming head football coach at the College of Wooster in 1966.
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Jack Lengyel coached lacrosse at Wooster for three seasons, from 1968 to 1970.
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Jack Lengyel was hired by athletic director Joe McMullen after head coach Rick Tolley was killed along with 37 players and 38 other coaches, university administrators, school boosters, and flight crew members in a plane crash on November 14,1970.
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Jack Lengyel was selected for the job after it was rejected by a Penn State assistant and an assistant from Georgia Tech turned it down.
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When Jack Lengyel arrived at Marshall he was forced to recruit athletes from other sports as well as allow a large number of walk-ons in order to rebuild the devastated football program.
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Jack Lengyel then went to California State University, Fresno as director of athletics from 1983 to 1986.
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Jack Lengyel returned to University of Missouri to become their athletic director from 1986 to 1988.
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Jack Lengyel received the 2005 John L Toner Award from the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame for his service at Navy.
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Jack Lengyel served many years on the board of trustees for the Foundation of the United States Naval Academy.
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Jack Lengyel is currently the vice president of business development for XOS Digital, a sports media and technology company.
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Jack Lengyel went on record with the Canadian Press stating that schools should not be transporting students in small, multi-passenger vans.