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American football player and coach
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13 December 1960
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Introduction
Dale Lennon (born December 13, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He is the former head football coach at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, a position he had held from 2008–2015. Lennon was formerly the head coach at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota (1997–1998) and the University of North Dakota (1999–2007). His North Dakota Fighting Sioux won the NCAA Division II National Football Championship in 2001. Lennon was 90–24 in nine seasons as the head coach of the Fighting Sioux and is the program's all-time winningest coach.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Mary Marauders (North Dakota College Athletic Conference) (1997–1998) | |||||||||
| 1997 | Mary | 4–6 | 1–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1998 | Mary | 8–3 | 5–1 | T–1st | L NAIA First Round | ||||
| Mary: | 12–9 | 6–6 | |||||||
| North Dakota Fighting Sioux (North Central Conference) (1999–2007) | |||||||||
| 1999 | North Dakota | 9–2 | 8–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2000 | North Dakota | 8–3 | 6–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2001 | North Dakota | 14–1 | 7–1 | 1st | W NCAA Division II Championship | ||||
| 2002 | North Dakota | 5–6 | 3–5 | 7th | |||||
| 2003 | North Dakota | 12–2 | 7–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Championship | ||||
| 2004 | North Dakota | 11–3 | 4–2 | T–2nd | L NCAA Division II Semifinal | ||||
| 2005 | North Dakota | 10–3 | 4–2 | T–1st | L NCAA Division II Second Round | ||||
| 2006 | North Dakota | 11–2 | 7–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2007 | North Dakota | 10–2 | 7–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division II Second Round | ||||
| North Dakota: | 90–24 | 53–16 | |||||||
| Southern Illinois Salukis (Missouri Valley Football Conference) (2008–present) | |||||||||
| 2008 | Southern Illinois | 9–3 | 7–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
| 2009 | Southern Illinois | 11–2 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal | ||||
| 2010 | Southern Illinois | 5–6 | 4–4 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2011 | Southern Illinois | 4–7 | 2–6 | T–7th | |||||
| 2012 | Southern Illinois | 6–5 | 5–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 2013 | Southern Illinois | 7–5 | 5–3 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2014 | Southern Illinois | 6–6 | 3–5 | T–7th | |||||
| 2015 | Southern Illinois | 3–8 | 2–6 | 9th | |||||
| Southern Illinois: | 51–42 | 36–28 | |||||||
| Total: | 153–75 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||