May 26, 2013(2013-05-26) (aged 72) Hudson, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
1959–1961
Louisville
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1962–1971
William Mason HS (OH)
1972–1973
Purcell HS (OH)
1974–1978
Iowa State (OC)
1979–1980
Morehead State
1981–1982
Notre Dame (OC/QB/WR)
1986–1987
Ohio State (QB/WR)
1988
Northern Iowa (assistant)
1989
Maine
1990–1994
Ohio
2000
Bowling Green (OC)
2001–2003
McCord Middle School (volunteer HC)
2004
Columbus Destroyers (assistant)
2007–2009
Drake (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall
26–59–3 (college)
Tournaments
0–1 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Yankee (1989)
Awards
Yankee Coach of the Year (1989)
Thomas Lichtenberg (July 13, 1940 – May 26, 2013) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach also at Morehead State University (1979–1980), the University of Maine (1989), and Ohio University (1990–1994), compiling a career college football coaching record of 26–59–3. He was also an assistant coach at Ohio State University and the University of Notre Dame.
He began his teaching and coaching career as the first-ever head football coach at William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio in 1962, building the program from scratch at age 22. In 1965 the Comets joined the new Fort Ancient Valley Conference (FAVC) and he led them to four league titles through the 1970 season. After 10 years at Mason, he moved on to be the head coach at Purcell High School (now Purcell Marian High School) in Cincinnati before joining the college ranks.[1]
Tom was the son of Clem and Dorothy (Miller) Lichtenberg and grew up in the Cincinnati area in Lockland, Ohio where he went to Lockland High School. He was named all-city in football and basketball, was the district champion in the 440-yard run (quarter-mile), and pitched on the baseball team. The Lichtenbergs eventually moved to Mason. Tom's siblings were Kathy, Terry, Ted, and Tim. Tom coached his brothers Tim and Terry, who were both starting quarterbacks for Mason High School. Tim later also served a long tenure as head football coach at Mason.[2]
Prior to accepting a teaching job at Mason, Tom was a three-year football letterwinner (playing fullback) and one-year track letterwinner at the University of Louisville. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education from Louisville in 1962 and a master of education and secondary administration from Xavier University in 1966. Tom and his wife of 52 years, Sue Ann, had five children and 12 grandchildren.[3][4]
He died of cancer in 2013, aged 72, he lived in Spring Hill, Florida.[5][6]
^"Ohio U. drops ax on Lichtenberg". Sun Journal. Associated Press. November 1, 1994. Retrieved 2023-11-17 – via Google News.
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