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Head Coach · John Klacik
Details:
Email:
jklacik@lhup.edu;
Phone:
570-484-2250
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John Klacik |
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Head Coach |
5-39 Career |
Same at LHU |
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Lock Haven University '88 |
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Fifth
season |
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Bringing
with him 18
years of
Division I
and I-AA
coaching
experience,
John Klacik
enters
season
number five
at the helm
of the Bald
Eagle
football
program. In
his four
years at LHU
he has a
record of
5-39.
The 2008
Bald Eagle
squad went
0-11 and 0-7
in the PSAC
West. The
Bald Eagles
dropped
close games
to Clarion
and C.W.
Post and
look to
build on the
2008 season.
Klacik, an
LHU alum,
has spent
all but one
season of
his coaching
career at
YSU, and was
a part of
four NCAA
I-AA
National
Championship
teams. He
started with
the Penguins
as tight
ends coach,
working his
way up the
ladder
through the
offense,
moving to
wide
receivers,
quarterbacks,
offensive
line and
then as
offensive
coordinator
for the last
four
seasons.
Klacik
worked under
current Ohio
State
University
head coach
Jim Tressel
for 12
years.
He also
spent the
2000 season
at Division
I Wake
Forest
University,
working with
the
quarterbacks
before
returning to
YSU in his
most recent
role.
The 2006
Bald Eagle
squad went
2-9 and 1-4
in the PSAC
West. The
Bald Eagles
were close
to improving
on their
record from
the 2005
season, but
fell in
close games
against
Shippensburg
University
and IUP.
The 2006
squad had
the most
receptions
in a season
(163) since
the 1996
season and
the least
amount of
penalties
(49) since
the 2000
season.
A standout
wide
receiver,
Klacik
graduated
with a
bachelors
degree in
sports/fitness
management
from LHU in
1988. He led
the Bald
Eagles in
receiving
yards in
each of his
four seasons
at the
Haven,
ranking
eighth in
school
history with
1,976 career
yards.
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