Richard Ingold (May 15, 1963 – February 15, 2017) was an

Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...

(AFL)

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who played with the Washington Commandos and the

Detroit Drive The Massachusetts Marauders were a professional arena football team that was based in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were a member of the Arena Football League (AFL) from 1988 to 1994. The team was established in Detroit in 1988, as the Detroit ...

. He holds the all-time record for most career

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ing wins in af2 history, coaching the

Quad City Steamwheelers The Quad City Steamwheelers were a professional arena football team. They were a charter member of the AF2 and played their home games at iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois. The team was founded on September 1, 1999 when the Quad Cities was ...

and the

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers were a minor league arena football team that played in the AF2. The team was part of the East Division in the American conference. The Pioneers were an expansion team for the league's 2002 season, and were th ...

, whom he led to Arena Cup VIII in 2007. His head coaching career also included a partial season coaching the

Dallas Vigilantes The Dallas Vigilantes were an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Dallas, Texas. Like its AFL predecessor, the Dallas Desperados, the Vigilantes played at the American Airlines Center. The Vigilantes and the Jacksonville Sharks began play ...

of the AFL in 2010.

High school

Ingold attended

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and was a student and a letterman in

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and

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. In football, he led his team to two W.P.I.A.L. Class AA Championships, and was an All-State selection as a senior. Ingold graduated from Seton LaSalle High School in 1981.

College

Ingold played

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at the University of South Carolina in 1981. After the season, when there was a coaching change, Ingold transferred to the

Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) is a public research university in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. As of fall 2021, the university enrolled 7,044 undergraduates and 1,865 postgraduates, for a total enrollment of 9,009 students. The uni ...

, to be closer to home. Ingold's single season at IUP was outstanding, as he set a new

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record for touchdown passes in a single season.

Professional career

Ingold made his professional debut in 1987 as the starting Quarterback for the Washington Commandos. Ingold's season stats were best in the league, earning him First Team All-Arena Honors. Ingold quarterbacked the

to an ArenaBowl II victory in 1988. After the league started going through financial struggles following the 1988 season, Ingold said he wouldn't play in 1989 citing, "Last year, they played 14 games at $1,000 a game plus $100 per win. This year, there's only four games and they're playing $350 a game plus $50 per win - and you have to pay for your own meals."

Coaching career

Just one season after retiring, Ingold became the

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for the Pittsburgh Gladiators. From 2002-2004, Ingold was the head coach of the af2's

. In 2005, Ingold returned to the AFL ranks when he was named the

offensive coordinator An offensive coordinator is a member of the coaching staff of an American football or Canadian football team who is in charge of the team's offense. Generally, along with the defensive coordinator and the special teams coordinator, this coach r ...

for the

Dallas Desperados The Dallas Desperados were a professional arena football team based in Dallas, Texas. The Desperados played in the Eastern Division of the Arena Football League from 2002 to 2008. The franchise began play in as an expansion team, and have post ...

. From 2006-2009, Ingold returned to af2 where he became the head coach of the

. His outstanding record in af2 gave him a chance to become the head coach of the expansion

in 2010. He was fired after a 1-5 start.

Personal life

Ingold was an avid runner, and competed in both the

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and the

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marathons. In 2006, Ingold was diagnosed with

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and missed Pioneers training camp for the 2007 season. Ingold had residences in both

and

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with his wife Kristina and their two children, Alexandra and Richie, Jr. Ingold died on February 15, 2017, aged 53.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ingold, Richard 1963 births 2017 deaths Sportspeople from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania American football quarterbacks IUP Crimson Hawks football players Washington Commandos players Detroit Drive players Quad City Steamwheelers coaches Players of American football from Pennsylvania Dallas Vigilantes coaches Tampa Bay Storm coaches Dallas Desperados coaches Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers coaches South Carolina Gamecocks football players