George Landis

George Landis

Current position
Title	Defensive backs coach
Team	Central Dauphin HS (PA)
Playing career
Football
1968–1970	Penn State
Position(s)	Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
c. 1972	Penn State (assistant)
1973–1974	Villanova (DB)
1975–1976	Cornell (DB)
1977	Mainland HS (NJ)
1978–1981	Dartmouth (DB)
1982–1985	Bloomsburg
1986–1988	Bucknell
1991	UConn (assistant)
1992–1993	Penn (OC)
2004–2005	Pine Grove HS (PA)
2006–2009	Central Dauphin East HS (PA)
Baseball
1981	Dartmouth
Head coaching record
Overall	34–37–2 (college football) 7–24 (college baseball)
Tournaments	1–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 PSAC (1985) 2 PSAC East Division (1984–1985)
Awards
AFCA Division II COY (1985) First-team All-East (1970)

George Landis is an American football coach. He is the defensive backs coach at Central Dauphin High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Landis served as the head football coach at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania from 1982 to 1985 and Bucknell University from 1986 to 1988, compiling a career college football coaching record of 34–37–2. He was also the head baseball coach at Dartmouth College for one season, in 1981, tallying a mark of 7–24. Landis played college football at Pennsylvania State University. ^[1]

Raised in Linwood, New Jersey, Landis played prep football at Mainland Regional High School. ^[2]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	D2#
Bloomsburg Huskies (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference)(1982–1985)
1982	Bloomsburg	1–7–1	1–4–1	6th (East)
1983	Bloomsburg	5–5	4–2	T–2nd (East)
1984	Bloomsburg	5–5	5–1	T–1st (East)
1985	Bloomsburg	12–1	6–0	1st (East)	L NCAA Division II Semifinal	3
Bloomsburg:		24–18–1	16–7–1
Bucknell Bison (Colonial League)(1986–1988)
1986	Bucknell	3–7	1–3	T–4th
1987	Bucknell	4–5–1	1–3–1	5th
1988	Bucknell	3–7	2–3	T–3rd
Bucknell:		10–19–1	4–9–1
Total:		34–37–2
National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. Van Sickle, Kenny (April 21, 1978). "sport tower". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, New York. p. 13. Retrieved January 2, 2020– via Newspapers.com .
2. Steele, Jack. "Lions 'Ready' Avers Landis", The Press of Atlantic City , January 1, 1970. Accessed November 30, 2024. "His mother, Mrs. Charlotte Landis of Linwood, N. J., arrived here and his wife, the former Kathy Maguire of Atlantic City, made light comments and tried to keep the pressure down. George is playing it cool.... Landis, one of the finest football players that ever cavorted for Coach Andy Prohaska at Linwood's Mainland High, feels that the Nittany Lions, rated No. 2 in the country, will play their best tonight."