Lyle Setencich
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Reedley, California, U.S.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 4, 1945 Reedley, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1963–1964 | College of the Sequoias |
| 1965–1966 | Fresno State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1969 | Washington Union HS (CA) (assistant) |
| 1970–1973 | Mount Diablo HS (CA) (assistant) |
| 1974–1975 | Albany HS (CA) |
| 1975–1979 | San Ramon Valley (CA) |
| 1980 (spring) | Boise State (DB) |
| 1980–1982 | Boise State (DC) |
| 1983–1986 | Boise State |
| 1987–1993 | Cal Poly |
| 1994 | Pacific (PA) (DC/ILB) |
| 1995–1996 | Arizona State (LB) |
| 1997–2001 | California (AHC/DC/LB) |
| 2003–2007 | Texas Tech (DC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 65–49–2 (college) |
| Tournaments | 1–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 Western Football Conference (1990) | |
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 65–49–2 (.569).
Born in Reedley, California, Setencich attended Washington Union High School in Fresno in 1963.[1] 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 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.[2]
High school coach
Setencich began his coaching career as a high school assistant at alma mater Washington in 1969, then at Mount Diablo (1970–73) in Concord in the East Bay Area. He was then a head coach at Albany (1974–75) and San Ramon Valley (1976–79) in Danville.