 Lengyel in 2070 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 4, 1935 Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1959 | Akron (assistant) |
| 1961–1962 | Heidelberg (assistant) |
| 1963–1965 | Cornell (assistant) |
| 1966–1970 | Wooster |
| 1971–1974 | Marshall |
| Baseball | |
| 1961–1963 | Heidelberg |
| Lacrosse | |
| 1968–1970 | Wooster |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1978–1980 | Louisville (associate/acting AD) |
| 1980–1983 | Missouri (associate AD) |
| 1983–1986 | Fresno State |
| 1986–1988 | Missouri |
| 1988–2001 | Navy |
| 2002 | Temple (interim AD) |
| 2002–2003 | Eastern Kentucky (interim AD) |
| 2004–2005 | Colorado (interim AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 33–54 (football) 26–22 (baseball) 10–11 (lacrosse) |
Jack Robert Lengyel (born March 4, 1935) is an American software executive and former college football coach, college lacrosse coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the College of Wooster from 1966 to 1970 and at Marshall University from 1971 until 1974, compiling a career college football record of 33–54. At Marshall, he took over the Thundering Herd football program after the Southern Airways Flight 932 plane crash that killed nearly the entire team in 1970. Lengyel was the athletic director at California State University, Fresno from 1983 to 1986, at the University of Missouri from 1986 to 1988, and at the United States Naval Academy from 1988 to 2001. He 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.