Chuck Klausing
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1925–2018)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Chuck Klausing
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|4|19}}
| birth_place = Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|2|15|1925|4|19}}
| death_place = Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S.[http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2018/02/15/Chuck-Klausing-Braddock-Pitt-Carnegie-Mellon-Kiski-died/stories/201802150211 Legendary football coach Chuck Klausing dies]
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1943–1944
| player_team1 = Penn State
| player_years2 = 1946–1947
| player_team2 = Slippery Rock
| player_positions = Center
| coach_years1 = 1948–1953
| coach_team1 = Pitcairn HS (PA)
| coach_years2 = 1954–1959
| coach_team2 = Braddock HS (PA)
| coach_years3 = 1960
| coach_team3 = Rutgers (freshmen)
| coach_years4 = 1961–1963
| coach_team4 = Army (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1964–1969
| coach_team5 = Indiana (PA)
| coach_years6 = 1970–1972
| coach_team6 = West Virginia (AHC)
| coach_years7 = 1973–1975
| coach_team7 = West Virginia (AHC/DC)
| coach_years8 = 1976–1985
| coach_team8 = Carnegie Mellon
| coach_years9 = 1986
| coach_team9 = Pittsburgh (AHC/OLB)
| coach_years10 = 1987–1993
| coach_team10 = Kiski School (PA)
| overall_record = 124–25–2 (college)
| bowl_record = 0–1
| tournament_record = 2–4 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
| championships = 6 PAC (1977–1979, 1981, 1983 1985)
2 PSCAC Western Division (1964–1965)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
| CFBHOF_year = 1998
| CFBHOF_id = 1990
}}
Chuck Klausing (April 19, 1925 – February 15, 2018) 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
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
=College=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Indiana Indians
| conf = Pennsylvania State College Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1964
| endyear = 1965
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 1964
| name = Indiana
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st (West)
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 1965
| name = Indiana
| overall = 8-2
| conference = 6-0 (includes Edinboro forfeit)
| confstanding = 1st (West)
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Indiana Indians
| conf = NCAA College Division independent
| startyear = 1966
| endyear = 1969
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1966
| name = Indiana
| overall = 7–2
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1967
| name = Indiana
| overall = 8–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1968
| name = Indiana
| overall = 9–1 (ranked #2 in the NCAA college division)
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = Boardwalk Bowl
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1969
| name = Indiana
| overall = 8–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Indiana
| overall = 47–10
| confrecord = 10–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Carnegie Mellon Tartans
| conf = Presidents' Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1976
| endyear = 1985
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1976
| name = Carnegie Mellon
| overall = 6–1–1
| conference = 5–1–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1977
| name = Carnegie Mellon
| overall = 8–1
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1978
| name = Carnegie Mellon
| overall = 9–2
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division III Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1979
| name = Carnegie Mellon
| overall = 10–1
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division III Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1980
| name = Carnegie Mellon
| overall = 8–1
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1981
| name = Carnegie Mellon
| overall = 7–1–1
| conference = 6–0–1
| confstanding = 1st
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1982
| name = Carnegie Mellon
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1983
| name = Carnegie Mellon
| overall = 9–1 (Ranked #2 in NCAA Division III)
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division III Quarterfinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1984
| name = Carnegie Mellon
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1985
| name = Carnegie Mellon
| overall = 8–1
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division III First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Carnegie Mellon
| overall = 77–15–2
| confrecord = 59–7–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 124–25–2
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
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References
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External links
- {{College Football HoF|1990}}
{{IUP Crimson Hawks football coach navbox}}
{{Carnegie Mellon Tartans football coach navbox}}
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