 Lennon coaching for UND in 2001 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 13, 1960 Knox, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1980, 1982–1983 | North Dakota |
| Position(s) | Running back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1985 | Northern State (GA) |
| 1986 | Valley City State (assistant) |
| 1987 | Dickinson State (assistant) |
| 1988–1989 | North Dakota (DL) |
| 1990–1996 | North Dakota (DC) |
| 1997–1998 | Mary |
| 1999–2007 | North Dakota |
| 2008–2015 | Southern Illinois |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2017–2022 | Mary |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 153–75 |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NAIA playoffs) 14–6 (NCAA D-II playoffs) 1–2 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 NCAA Division II (2001) 1 NDCAC (1998) 5 NCC (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005–2006) 2 MVFC (2008–2009) | |
Dale Lennon (born December 13, 1960) is an American former college football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota from 1997 to 1998, the University of North Dakota from 1999 to 2007, and the Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 2007 to 2015, compiling a career record of 153–75. Lennon led the 2001 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team to an NCAA Division II Football Championship. His record was 90–24 in nine seasons as the head coach of the North Dakota Fighting Sioux and he is the program's all-time winningest coach. In May 2017, Lennon returned to the University of Mary as the school's athletic director. [1] He left University of Mary in 2022 to become the executive director of the State Historical Society of North Dakota Foundation. [2]
