Hank Small

{{Short description|American football player, coach, and administrator (born 1947)}}

{{For|the baseball player|Hank Small (baseball)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Hank Small

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|4|25}}

| birth_place = Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.

| death_date =

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| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1966–1968

| player_team1 = Gettysburg

| player_positions = End

| coach_years1 = 1970

| coach_team1 = Rutgers (assistant freshmen)

| coach_years2 = 1971–1972

| coach_team2 = Florida State (QB/WR)

| coach_years3 = 1973–1975

| coach_team3 = Brown (QB/WR)

| coach_years4 = 1978–1982

| coach_team4 = Princeton (offensive backfield)

| coach_years5 = 1983–1984

| coach_team5 = Princeton (OC)

| coach_years6 = 1985

| coach_team6 = Brown (OC/QB)

| coach_years7 = 1986–1993

| coach_team7 = Lehigh

| coach_years8 = 1995–1996

| coach_team8 = Wake Forest (RB)

| coach_years9 = 1997–1998

| coach_team9 = Wake Forest (OC/RB)

| admin_years1 = 1976–1977

| admin_team1 = New England Patriots (player personnel)

| admin_years2 = 2001–2018

| admin_team2 = Charleston Southern

| overall_record = 47–40–1

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = 1 Patriot (1993)

| awards = Patriot Coach of the Year (1993)

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}}

Henry N. Small (born April 25, 1947) is a former American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania from 1986 to 1993, compiling a record of 47–40–1.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/lehigh/coaching_records.php Lehigh Coaching Records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210235623/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/lehigh/coaching_records.php |date=December 10, 2015 }} Small was athletic director at Charleston Southern University, an NCAA Division I school in Charleston, South Carolina from 2001 to 2018.

Small spent four years as the offensive coordinator at Wake Forest University and also coached at Rutgers University, Florida State University, Princeton University, and Brown University. He also spent a year in the player personnel office of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).[http://csusports.athleticsite.com/profile.asp?playerID=36 Athletic Department: Hank Small :: CSUsports.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816235029/http://csusports.athleticsite.com/profile.asp?playerID=36 |date=August 16, 2007 }}

Head coaching record

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{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Lehigh Engineers

| conf = Patriot League

| startyear = 1986

| endyear = 1993

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1986

| name = Lehigh

| overall = 5–6

| conference = 2–2

| confstanding = T–2nd

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| bowloutcome =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1987

| name = Lehigh

| overall = 5–5–1

| conference = 3–1–1

| confstanding = 2nd

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1988

| name = Lehigh

| overall = 6–5

| conference = 2–3

| confstanding = T–3rd

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1989

| name = Lehigh

| overall = 5–6

| conference = 1–3

| confstanding = T–3rd

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| bowloutcome =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1990

| name = Lehigh

| overall = 7–4

| conference = 3–2

| confstanding = T–2nd

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1991

| name = Lehigh

| overall = 9–2

| conference = 3–2

| confstanding = T–2nd

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1992

| name = Lehigh

| overall = 3–8

| conference = 2–3

| confstanding = T–4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1993

| name = Lehigh

| overall = 7–4

| conference = 4–1

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Lehigh

| overall = 75–38–2

| confrecord = 20–17

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 75–38–2

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

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