Michael G. "Mickey" Heinecken (born January 25, 1939) is an American former

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lacrosse Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game w ...

, and

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coach. He served as the head football coach at

Middlebury College Middlebury College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalism in the United States, Congregationalists, Middlebury w ...

from 1973 to 2000, compiling a record of 126–96–2. He has the most wins and longest tenure of any head coach in the history of the

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program. In his final season, Heinecken guided the Panthers to a

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(NESCAC) co-championship. Heinecken played

at the

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from 1958 to 1960.

Head coaching record

Football

References

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