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Charles Phillip Lantz (December 14, 1884 – May 6, 1962) was an
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coach and college athletics administrator. He was the sixth head football coach at
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, serving 24 seasons, from 1911 to 1935 and again in 1944, compiling a record of 95–66–13. In 1967, the
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complex was opened and named in his honor. Lantz graduated from
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in 1908. He died on May 6, 1962, in
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Head coaching record


Football


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