Lyle Setencich
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1945)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Lyle Setencich
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|6|4}}
| birth_place = Reedley, California, U.S.
| death_date =
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1963–1964
| player_team1 = College of the Sequoias
| player_years2 = 1965–1966
| player_team2 = Fresno State
| coach_years1 = 1969
| coach_team1 = Washington Union HS (CA) (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1970–1973
| coach_team2 = Mount Diablo HS (CA) (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1974–1975
| coach_team3 = Albany HS (CA)
| coach_years4 = 1975–1979
| coach_team4 = San Ramon Valley (CA)
| coach_years5 = 1980 (spring)
| coach_team5 = Boise State (DB)
| coach_years6 = 1980–1982
| coach_team6 = Boise State (DC)
| coach_years7 = 1983–1986
| coach_team7 = Boise State
| coach_years8 = 1987–1993
| coach_team8 = Cal Poly
| coach_years9 = 1994
| coach_team9 = Pacific (PA) (DC/ILB)
| coach_years10 = 1995–1996
| coach_team10 = Arizona State (LB)
| coach_years11 = 1997–2001
| coach_team11 = California (AHC/DC/LB)
| coach_years12 = 2003–2007
| coach_team12 = Texas Tech (DC)
| overall_record = 65–49–2 (college)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 1–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
| championships = 1 Western Football Conference (1990)
| awards =
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}}
Lyle Setencich (born June 4, 1945) is an American former college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Boise State University from 1983 to 1986 and California Polytechnic State University from 1987 to 1993, compiling a career head coaching record of {{winning percentage|65|49|2|record=y}}.
Early years
Born in Reedley, California, Setencich attended Washington Union High School in Fresno in 1963.Farris, Bruce. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/702887757/ "Setencich Heady Play Puts Growl In Bulldogs"], The Fresno Bee, Fresno, California, volume 89, number 16,219, October 31, 1967, page 3-C. {{subscription required}} After graduation in 1963, he played two years of junior college football at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia. Setencich transferred to Fresno State, where he was a two-year letterman and graduated with a degree in biological sciences (and physical education) in 1967. He served in the {{nowrap|U.S. Army Reserve}} Medical Corps in 1972 for one year as a physical therapy specialist with the 828th station hospital in Fresno and held the rank of Specialist 5.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/745743359/ "S. Lyle Sentencich"], Concord Transcript, Concord, California, 85th year, number 200, October 12, 1972, page 16. {{subscription required}}
High school coach
Setencich began his coaching career as a high school assistant at alma mater Washington in 1969, then at Mount Diablo {{nowrap|(1970–73)}} in Concord in the East Bay Area. He was then a head coach at Albany {{nowrap|(1974–75)}} and San Ramon Valley {{nowrap|(1976–79)}} {{nowrap|in Danville.}}
College coach
Setencich moved to collegiate coaching in 1980 at Boise State, originally to coach defensive backs under fifth-year head coach Jim Criner, succeeding Dave Campo. When defensive coordinator Chuck Banker departed in February for the St. Louis Cardinals (special teams), Setencich was promoted to defensive coordinator.{{cite news |url=https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1592&context=student_newspapers |work=The University Arbiter |agency=(Boise State University) |location=(Boise, Idaho) |title=Boise coach makes big time |date=February 27, 1980 |page=11}}{{cite news |url=https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1596&context=student_newspapers|work=The University Arbiter |agency=(Boise State University) |location=(Boise, Idaho) |title=Fox selected as BSU coach |date=April 2, 1980 |page=15}} He helped lead the Broncos to the Big Sky title and the Division I-AA national championship in his first season and the semifinals in 1981. When Criner departed after the 1982 season for Iowa State, Setencich was promoted to {{nowrap|head coach.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8p9fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3TEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5275%2C4392114 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho)|agency=Associated Press |title=Iowa State tabs BSU's Criner to take over head football post |date=January 30, 1983 |page=6C}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8p9fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3TEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2853%2C4723307|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho)|agency=Associated Press |title=Setencich to replace Criner at BSU |date=January 31, 1983 |page=6B}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/30/sports/boise-state-s-coach-moves-to-iowa-state.html |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |title=Boise State's coach moves to Iowa State |date=January 30, 1983 |page=5008|accessdate=September 20, 2018}}}} He posted a {{winning percentage|24|20|record=y}} record in four seasons; his last in 1986 was the first losing campaign (5–6) for the program {{nowrap|in four decades.}}
He resigned following the season and immediately became head coach at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, where he led the Division II program to a {{nowrap|{{winning percentage|41|29|2|record=y}}}} mark in seven seasons {{nowrap|(1987–1993).}} Setencich later coached at Pacific (1994) under Chuck Shelton, Arizona State (1995–1996) under Bruce Snyder, and California (1997–2001) under Tom Holmoe.{{cite web |url=http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/setencich_lyle00.html |title=Player Bio: Lyle Setencich |work=The University of California Official Athletic Site |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=October 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321225555/http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/setencich_lyle00.html |archive-date=March 21, 2012 |url-status=dead }} In 2003, he became defensive coordinator at Texas Tech under head coach Mike Leach. During his fifth season, he resigned from that position for personal reasons on September 23, 2007.{{cite news |title=Texas Tech defensive coordinator Setencich steps down |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=3033530 |publisher=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=September 23, 2007 |access-date=October 13, 2011}}
Head coaching record
=College=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Boise State Broncos
| conf = Big Sky Conference
| startyear = 1983
| endyear = 1986
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1983
| name = Boise State
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1984
| name = Boise State
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1985
| name = Boise State
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1986
| name = Boise State
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Boise State
| overall = 24–20
| confrecord = 16–12
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Cal Poly Mustangs
| conf = Western Football Conference
| startyear = 1987
| endyear = 1992
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1987
| name = Cal Poly
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1988
| name = Cal Poly
| overall = 5–4–1
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1989
| name = Cal Poly
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1990
| name = Cal Poly
| overall = 10–2
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division II Quarterfinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1991
| name = Cal Poly
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1992
| name = Cal Poly
| overall = 4–5–1
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Cal Poly Mustangs
| conf = American West Conference
| startyear = 1993
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1993
| name = Cal Poly
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Cal Poly
| overall = 41–29–2
| confrecord = 16–20
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 65–49–2
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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{{Boise State Broncos football coach navbox}}
{{Cal Poly Mustangs football coach navbox}}
{{1980 Boise State Broncos football navbox}}
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