Frank Tavani
American football player and coach (born 1953)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1953-07-31) July 31, 1953 (age 71) |
Playing career | |
1972–1975 | Lebanon Valley |
Position(s) | Running back |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1976–1985 | Franklin & Marshall (OC) |
1986 | Lebanon Valley (DC) |
1987–1999 | Lafayette (RB) |
2000–2016 | Lafayette |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 84–107 |
Tournaments | 0–4 (NCAA D-I-AA/FCS playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
4 Patriot League (2004–2006, 2013) | |
Frank Tavani (born July 31, 1953) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Lafayette College from 2000 until his retirement in 2016, compiling a record of 84–107.[1]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Lafayette Leopards (Patriot League) (2000–2016) | |||||||||
2000 | Lafayette | 2–9 | 1–5 | T–6th | |||||
2001 | Lafayette | 2–8 | 1–6 | 7th | |||||
2002 | Lafayette | 7–5 | 5–2 | 3rd | |||||
2003 | Lafayette | 5–6 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
2004 | Lafayette | 8–4 | 5–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I-AA First Round | ||||
2005 | Lafayette | 8–4 | 5–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I-AA First Round | ||||
2006 | Lafayette | 6–6 | 5–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
2007 | Lafayette | 7–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
2008 | Lafayette | 7–4 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
2009 | Lafayette | 8–3 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
2010 | Lafayette | 2–9 | 1–4 | T–5th | |||||
2011 | Lafayette | 4–7 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
2012 | Lafayette | 5–6 | 2–4 | T–3rd | |||||
2013 | Lafayette | 5–7 | 4–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
2014 | Lafayette | 5–6 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
2015 | Lafayette | 1–10 | 0–6 | 7th | |||||
2016 | Lafayette | 2–9 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
Lafayette: | 84–107 | 48–55 | |||||||
Total: | 84–107 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ Reinhard, Paul (December 1, 2016). "Tavani's legacy: Titles and teaching". The Morning Call. pp. C1, C5. Retrieved July 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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Lafayette Leopards head football coaches
- No coach (1882–1890)
- Wallace Moyle (1891–1892)
- Pearl T. Haskell & H. H. Vincent (1893)
- Hugh Janeway & H. H. Vincent (1894)
- Parke H. Davis (1895–1897)
- Samuel B. Newton (1898–1901)
- Dave Fultz (1902)
- Alfred E. Bull (1903–1907)
- George Barclay (1908)
- Bob Folwell (1909–1911)
- Samuel B. Newton (1911)
- George McCaa (1912–1913)
- Wilmer G. Crowell (1914–1916)
- Punk Berryman (1917)
- Lewis A. Cobbett (1918)
- Jock Sutherland (1919–1923)
- Herb McCracken (1924–1935)
- Ernie Nevers (1936)
- Edward Mylin (1937–1942)
- Ben Wolfson (1943–1945)
- Edward Mylin (1946)
- Ivy Williamson (1947–1948)
- Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith (1949–1951)
- Steve Hokuf (1952–1957)
- James McConlogue (1958–1962)
- Kenneth Bunn (1963–1966)
- Harry Gamble (1967–1970)
- Neil Putnam (1971–1980)
- Bill Russo (1981–1999)
- Frank Tavani (2000–2016)
- John Garrett (2017–2021)
- John Troxell (2022– )
# denotes interim head coach