Lyle Setencich

Lyle Setencich

Biographical details
Born	(1945-06-04) June 4, 1945 (age 79) Reedley, California, U.S.
Playing career
1963–1964	College of the Sequoias
1965–1966	Fresno State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
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).

Early years

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.

College coach

Setencich moved to collegiate coaching in 1980 as the defensive coordinator for the Boise State University Broncos under head coach Jim Criner. 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 University, Setencich was promoted to head coach.[3][4][5] He posted a 24–20 (.545) record in four seasons; his last in 1986 was the first losing campaign (5–6) for the program 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 41–29–2 (.583) mark in seven seasons (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.[6] 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.[7]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Boise State Broncos (Big Sky Conference) (1983–1986)
1983	Boise State	6–5	4–3	T–3rd
1984	Boise State	6–5	4–3	T–3rd
1985	Boise State	7–4	5–2	3rd
1986	Boise State	5–6	3–4	5th
Boise State:		24–20	16–12
Cal Poly Mustangs (Western Football Conference) (1987–1992)
1987	Cal Poly	7–3	3–3	T–3rd
1988	Cal Poly	5–4–1	3–3	4th
1989	Cal Poly	5–5	1–4	6th
1990	Cal Poly	10–2	4–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal
1991	Cal Poly	4–6	2–3	4th
1992	Cal Poly	4–5–1	2–3	T–4th
Cal Poly Mustangs (American West Conference) (1993)
1993	Cal Poly	6–4	1–3	T–4th
Cal Poly:		41–29–2	16–20
Total:		65–49–2
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. Farris, Bruce. "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)
2. "S. Lyle Sentencich", Concord Transcript, Concord, California, 85th year, number 200, October 12, 1972, page 16. (subscription required)
3. "Iowa State tabs BSU's Criner to take over head football post". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 30, 1983. p. 6C.
4. "Setencich to replace Criner at BSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 31, 1983. p. 6B.
5. "Boise State's coach moves to Iowa State". The New York Times. Associated Press. January 30, 1983. p. 5008. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
6. "Player Bio: Lyle Setencich". The University of California Official Athletic Site. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
7. "Texas Tech defensive coordinator Setencich steps down". ESPN. Associated Press. September 23, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2011.