Chuck Klausing (April 19, 1925 – February 15, 2018) was an

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player and coach. He served as the head football coach at

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from 1964 to 1969 and at

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from 1976 to 1985, compiling a career college football record of 124–25–2. Klausing's 1968 IUP Indians team played in the

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, losing to

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. He was inducted into the

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as a coach in 1998. He retired as the 19th winningest coach in NCAA football history.

Coaching career

Klausing was the head football coach at Pitcairn High School from 1948 to 1953 and Braddock High School from 1954 through 1959, where his teams won an unprecedented six consecutive

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(WPIAL) championships. His six teams at Braddock went 54–0–1 during that period. They broke the national undefeated record set by

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. Klausing was head coach at

from 1976 to 1985, winning six conference championships and making the NCAA Division III playoffs four times. He won the National Coach of the Year award by ABC-TV in 1979 and TBS in 1983.

Head coaching record

College

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