Sport(s) Football 1987–1993 Cal Poly 1966–1968 Fresno State 1994 Pacific (PA) (DC) | 1979–1982 Boise State (DC) Name Lyle Setencich 1983–1986 Boise State | |
Born June 4, 1945 (age 78)
Reedley, California ( 1945-06-04 ) Role American football head coach | ||
Lyle Setencich (born June 4, 1945) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Boise State University from 1983 to 1986 and at Cal Poly California Polytechnic State University from 1987 to 1993, compiling a career college football record of 65–49–2.
Biography
A two-year letterman at Fresno State, Setencich graduated with a degree in biological sciences in 1969 and served in the U.S. Army. He began his coaching career as a high school assistant coach at Mount Diablo High School in Concord, and was later the head coach at Albany High School and San Ramon High School, all in northern California. He moved to collegiate coaching in 1979 as the defensive coordinator at Boise State under head coach Jim Criner. He held the position for four seasons and helped lead the team to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship in 1980 and the semifinals in 1981. When Criner departed after the 1982 season for Iowa State, Setencich was promoted to head coach of Boise State. Setencich posted a 24–20 record in four seasons at Boise State. His final season 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, where he led the Division II program to a 41–29–2 mark in seven seasons (1987–1993). He later coached at Pacific (1994) under Chuck Shelton, Arizona State (1995–1996) under Bruce Snyder, and California (1997–2001) under Tom Holmoe. 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.