Playing career | |
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Football | |
1966 | Purdue |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
late 1960s | Purdue (GA) |
1970–1972 | Northern Illinois (WR/DB) |
1973–1981 | Lehigh (DC) |
1982–1998 | Washington & Jefferson |
2002–2011 | California (PA) |
Baseball | |
1983–1986 | Washington & Jefferson |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1986–1998 | Washington & Jefferson[1] |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 225–70–2 (football) 19–48–1 (baseball) |
Tournaments | Football 13–11 (NCAA D-III playoffs) 8–5 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 13 PAC (1984, 1986–1996, 1998) 1 PSAC (2008) 7 PSAC Western Division (2005–2011) | |
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2022 (profile) |
John Luckhardt is a former American football player and coach. He was the head football coach at California University of Pennsylvania in California, Pennsylvania from 2002 to 2011.[1] Luckhardt coached at Washington & Jefferson College from 1982 to 1998, where he compiled a record of 137–37–2 and posted a school record for wins.[2] He was elected to the Washington & Jefferson College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007.[3] Luckhardt was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2022.
Luckhardt attended Chartiers Valley High School. He then moved on to Purdue University and played for the Purdue Boilermakers, where he was a linebacker on the 1967 Rose Bowl team.[4]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Washington & Jefferson Presidents (Presidents' Athletic Conference) (1982–1998) | |||||||||
1982 | Washington & Jefferson | 4–5 | 3–4 | T–5th | |||||
1983 | Washington & Jefferson | 3–5–1 | 3–3–1 | 4th | |||||
1984 | Washington & Jefferson | 9–2 | 6–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | ||||
1985 | Washington & Jefferson | 8–1 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
1986 | Washington & Jefferson | 8–2 | 6–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
1987 | Washington & Jefferson | 10–1 | 6–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | ||||
1988 | Washington & Jefferson | 7–1–1 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
1989 | Washington & Jefferson | 8–2 | 4–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
1990 | Washington & Jefferson | 10–1 | 4–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | ||||
1991 | Washington & Jefferson | 8–2 | 4–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
1992 | Washington & Jefferson | 11–2 | 4–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Championship | ||||
1993 | Washington & Jefferson | 11–1 | 4–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | ||||
1994 | Washington & Jefferson | 11–2 | 4–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Championship | ||||
1995 | Washington & Jefferson | 10–1 | 4–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | ||||
1996 | Washington & Jefferson | 8–2 | 5–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
1997 | Washington & Jefferson | 6–3 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
1998 | Washington & Jefferson | 5–4 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
Washington & Jefferson: | 137–37–2 | 75–11–1 | |||||||
California Vulcans (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) (2002–2011) | |||||||||
2002 | California | 6–5 | 1–5 | T–6th (West) | |||||
2003 | California | 4–7 | 2–4 | T–4th (West) | |||||
2004 | California | 6–4 | 2–4 | T–4th (West) | |||||
2005 | California | 8–2 | 5–1 | T–1st (West) | |||||
2006 | California | 8–3 | 5–1 | T–1st (West) | |||||
2007 | California | 13–1 | 6–0 | 1st (West) | L NCAA Division II Semifinal | ||||
2008 | California | 12–2 | 7–0 | 1st (West) | L NCAA Division II Semifinal | ||||
2009 | California | 11–4 | 7–0 | 1st (West) | L NCAA Division II Semifinal | ||||
2010 | California | 10–2 | 6–1 | T–1st (West) | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
2011 | California | 10–3 | 6–1 | T–1st (West) | L NCAA Division II Second Round | ||||
California: | 88–33 | 47–17 | |||||||
Total: | 225–70–2 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
See also
References
- ^ a b "John Luckhardt Head Coach". California University of Pennsylvania. 2008. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
- ^ "Washington & Jefferson College 2007 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Washington & Jefferson College. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 20, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
- ^ "W&J Hall of Fame Class of 2007". Washington & Jefferson College. Archived from the original on July 3, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
- ^ Whitley, Bob (December 31, 1981). "The Coach on the Block". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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