Mike Landers (American football)

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Mike Landers
Current position
TitleSpecial teams coordinator / defensive line coach
Team Bentley
Conference NE-10
Playing career
1994–1995 Georgia Tech
Position(s) Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998 Wesleyan (assistant)
1999–2003 Bridgewater State (assistant)
2004–2007 Nichols (assistant)
2008–2017 Mount Ida
2018–2019 Framingham State (DC/ST)
2020–2021 Dedham HS (MA) (assistant)
2022 Brockton HS (MA) (assistant)
2023–present Bentley (ST/DL)
Head coaching record
Overall51–63
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 ECFC (2012)

Michael Landers is an American college football coach. He is the special teams coordinator and defensive line coach for Bentley University, a position he has held since 2023. [1] He served as the head football coach at Mount Ida College from 2008 to 2017. [2] He played as a walk-on athlete at Georgia Tech. [3] [4]

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The college closed after spring commencement in 2018; the University of Massachusetts Amherst acquired the campus and renamed it the Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst. [5]

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Mount Ida Mustangs (NCAA Division III independent)(2008)
2008 Mount Ida3–7
Mount Ida Mustangs (Eastern Collegiate Football Conference)(2009–2017)
2009 Mount Ida4–74–2T–2nd
2010 Mount Ida6–55–2T–2nd
2011 Mount Ida6–55–23rd
2012 Mount Ida8–36–1T–1stL NCAA Division III First Round
2013 Mount Ida5–54–3T–4th
2014 Mount Ida5–55–2T–2nd
2015 Mount Ida2–82–56th
2016 Mount Ida4–64–33rd
2017 Mount Ida4–63–44th
Mount Ida:51–6338–24
Total:51–63
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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