Dale Lennon

Dale Lennon

Biographical details
Born	(1960-12-13) December 13, 1960
Playing career
1980	North Dakota
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
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 football coach and former player. He is the former head football coach at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, a position he had held from 2008 to 2015. Lennon was formerly the head coach at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota (1997–1998) and the University of North Dakota (1999–2007). His North Dakota Fighting Sioux won the NCAA Division II Football Championship in 2001. Lennon was 90–24 in nine seasons as the head coach of the Fighting Sioux and is the program's all-time winningest coach. In May 2017, Lennon was named the athletic director of the University of Mary.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Mary Marauders (North Dakota College Athletic Conference) (1997–1998)
1997	Mary	4–6	1–5	6th
1998	Mary	8–3	5–1	T–1st	L NAIA First Round
Mary:		12–9	6–6
North Dakota Fighting Sioux (North Central Conference) (1999–2007)
1999	North Dakota	9–2	8–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division II First Round
2000	North Dakota	8–3	6–3	T–3rd
2001	North Dakota	14–1	7–1	1st	W NCAA Division II Championship
2002	North Dakota	5–6	3–5	7th
2003	North Dakota	12–2	7–0	1st	L NCAA Division II Championship
2004	North Dakota	11–3	4–2	T–2nd	L NCAA Division II Semifinal
2005	North Dakota	10–3	4–2	T–1st	L NCAA Division II Second Round
2006	North Dakota	11–2	7–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal
2007	North Dakota	10–2	7–1	2nd	L NCAA Division II Second Round
North Dakota:		90–24	53–16
Southern Illinois Salukis (Missouri Valley Football Conference) (2008–present)
2008	Southern Illinois	9–3	7–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division I First Round
2009	Southern Illinois	11–2	8–0	1st	L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal
2010	Southern Illinois	5–6	4–4	T–3rd
2011	Southern Illinois	4–7	2–6	T–7th
2012	Southern Illinois	6–5	5–3	T–4th
2013	Southern Illinois	7–5	5–3	T–2nd
2014	Southern Illinois	6–6	3–5	T–7th
2015	Southern Illinois	3–8	2–6	9th
Southern Illinois:		51–42	36–28
Total:		153–75
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth