Charles Phillip Lantz (December 14, 1884 – May 6, 1962) was an American football, basketball, baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He was the sixth head football coach at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois, serving 24 seasons, from 1911 to 1935 and again in 1944, compiling a record of 95–66–13.[1] In 1967, the Lantz Arena complex was opened and named in his honor.
Lantz graduated from Gettysburg College in 1908. He died on May 6, 1962, in Naples, Florida.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Illinois Blue and Gray (Independent) (1911) | |||||||||
| 1911 | Eastern Illinois | 4–2 | |||||||
| Eastern Illinois Blue and Gray / Panthers (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1912–1934) | |||||||||
| 1912 | Eastern Illinois | 6–1 | T–1st | ||||||
| 1913 | Eastern Illinois | 6–2 | T–1st | ||||||
| 1914 | Eastern Illinois | 8–0–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1915 | Eastern Illinois | 2–2–1 | |||||||
| 1916 | Eastern Illinois | 4–3 | |||||||
| 1917 | Eastern Illinois | 4–1–1 | |||||||
| 1918 | No team—World War I | ||||||||
| 1919 | Eastern Illinois | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| 1920 | Eastern Illinois | 2–3 | |||||||
| 1921 | Eastern Illinois | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| 1922 | Eastern Illinois | 4–0–2 | 3–0–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1923 | Eastern Illinois | 4–2–2 | 3–2–2 | 8th | |||||
| 1924 | Eastern Illinois | 6–2 | 5–2 | 4th | |||||
| 1925 | Eastern Illinois | 4–3–1 | T–14th | ||||||
| 1926 | Eastern Illinois | 3–5–1 | 2–3 | T–13th | |||||
| 1927 | Eastern Illinois | 5–2 | 3–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1928 | Eastern Illinois | 7–0–1 | 5–0–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1929 | Eastern Illinois | 6–1 | 5–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1930 | Eastern Illinois | 6–1–1 | 5–1–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1931 | Eastern Illinois | 3–4 | 2–3 | T–13th | |||||
| 1932 | Eastern Illinois | 1–7 | 0–6 | T–19th | |||||
| 1933 | Eastern Illinois | 1–8 | 1–5 | 17th | |||||
| 1934 | Eastern Illinois | 3–4 | 1–4 | T–14th | |||||
| Eastern Illinois Panthers (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1944) | |||||||||
| 1944 | Eastern Illinois | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4th | |||||
| Eastern Illinois: | 95–66–13 | ||||||||
| Total: | 95–66–13 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
See also
References
- ^ Eastern Illinois Coaching Records Archived November 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Charles Lantz, Retired EIU Director, Dies". The Decatur Herald. Decatur, Illinois. Associated Press. May 8, 1962. p. 13. Retrieved July 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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