TTIMIM LLANDISANDIS — TTHEHE BBOBOB OODELLDELL HHEADEAD FFOOTBALLOOTBALL CCOACHOACH TTHEHE TTIMIM LANDISLANDIS FILEFILE • PERSONAL Birthdate: July 14, 1964 Wife: Karen Children: Son, T.J., 16; Daughter, Jordan, 7; Son, Jack, 5; Son, Charlie, 2 • EDUCATION Th e Hun School, Princeton, N.J., 1982 Randolph-Macon College, B.A. in English, 1986 • HEAD COACHING CAREER Year School W L T Pct. 2007 Bucknell 3 8 0 .273 2006 Bucknell 6 5 0 .545 2005 Bucknell 1 10 0 .091 2004 Bucknell 7 4 0 .636 2003 Bucknell 6 6 0 .500 2002 St. Mary’s (Calif.) 6 6 0 .500 2001 St. Mary’s (Calif.) 6 5 0 .545 2000 St. Mary’s (Calif.) 6 5 0 .545 1999 Davidson 8 3 0 .727 1998 Davidson 8 2 0 .800 1997 Davidson 3 8 0 .273 1996 Davidson 6 4 0 .600 Tim Landis begins his sixth year as the Bob 1995 Davidson 1 8 1 .150 Odell Head Coach of Bucknell Football in 2008, and 1994 Davidson 3 7 0 .300 by the end of the season he will become the eighth- 1993 Davidson 6 4 0 .600 longest-tenured head coach in program history. TOTALS 76 85 1 .472 Landis’ teams have achieved .500 or better records in three of his fi rst fi ve seasons at Bucknell, • OTHER COACHING EXPERIENCE including a 7-4 campaign in 2004. 1986 Randolph-Macon Wide Receivers Coach 1988-90 Morrisville (Pa.) H.S. Head Coach Having already resurrected programs at Da- 1991-92 Davidson Defensive Line Coach vidson and St. Mary’s, Landis arrived at Bucknell in December 2002 to take over a football program and proud history of football is the culmination of ditional Patriot League championships to Bucknell, that was undergoing a trying period. a lifelong dream of mine.” and I look forward to working with him in achieving As Landis’ fi rst spring practice approached, the “I am pleased to have Tim Landis continue to this important goal.” Bison were still coping with the death of legendary lead the Bison football program,” said Hardt in Following a seven-year tenure as head coach at head coach Tom Gadd, and they were still tasting the announcing a new multi-year contract for Landis Davidson College, Landis spent the previous three bitterness of a 2-9 record that ended a school-record in November 2006. “He has a proven track record seasons building a winning program at St. Mary’s run of seven straight winning seasons. of coaching winning teams throughout his career, (Calif.) College. In both positions, he garnered But under Landis’ leadership, pride was quickly and during his tenure at Bucknell has recruited true national accolades for turning modestly successful restored in the program, and the Bison turned scholar-athletes who are quality young men on and programs into winners. in two very good seasons, fi rst going 6-6 in 2003 off the fi eld. Coach Landis is determined to bring ad- Upon his arrival at St. Mary’s in the spring of then improving to 7-4 in 2004. Bucknell placed third in the competitive Patriot League standings both seasons. After injuries helped ruin the 2005 season, Landis coaxed the Bison to a 6-5 campaign in 2006, equaling the program record for biggest one-year turnaround. Landis has coached both an All-Ameri- can (DL Sean Conover, now with the Tennes- see Titans) and an Academic All-American (OL Justin Gibson, DB David Frisbey) during his tenure at Bucknell. Upon his hiring, Landis, 44, brought to the Bison football program an impres- sive cache of head coaching experience. He became Bucknell’s 25th head football coach since the program’s inception in 1883. “I have worked a very long time in this profession to earn a tremendous opportu- nity such as this,” said Landis at the time of his hiring. “To coach at a quality educational institution like Bucknell that also has a long 60 TTIMIM LLANDISANDIS — TTHEHE BBOBOB OODELLDELL HEADHEAD FFOOTBALLOOTBALL CCOACHOACH 2000, the Gaels had been just 4-17 over the previous two seasons. Landis quickly TTHEHE BBOBOB OODELLDELL ENDOWMENTENDOWMENT forged a 6-5 season in his fi rst year at the Moraga, Calif., school, marking the program’s best one-year turnaround since football was reinstated at St. Mary’s in 1967. Th e Gaels fi nished 6-5 again in 2001 and 6-6 in 2002, and Landis was honored as the Division I-AA Independent Coach of the Year after both seasons. Landis helped Davidson to a school- record eight victories in both 1998 and Bob Odell is escorted to the monument that was erected in his honor in 2005. 1999, while laying the groundwork for TTimim LLandisandis sspeakspeaks aatt tthehe a perfect 10-0 season the year after his Bucknell trustee emeritus Norman E. Garrity, a member of the Class of 1962, and EESPNSPN RadioRadio ““NightNight ooff departure to St. Mary’s. Prior to Landis’ his wife Mary Lou Roppel Garrity, a member of the Class of 1964, have established CChampions”hampions” iinn WWilliamsport.illiamsport. the Bob Odell Head Football Coaching Endowment. Th e Garritys’ signifi cant gift to arrival, Davidson had enjoyed just one the university permanently endows the head coach position for football, along with winning campaign since 1980, but the providing funds for the program. Wildcats promptly went 6-4 in 1993 under the then fi rst-year coach, and they Garrity played under Coach Odell and was a member of the 1960 team that won would go on to enjoy four winning seasons in his seven years at the North the Lambert Cup title as the best team in the Eastern United States. He also served Carolina institution. as an assistant football coach during the 1963 season. Garrity has been a member Landis, who has a career head coaching record of 73-77-1, was very familiar of Bucknell’s Board of Trustees since 1995. In 2004 he received the alumni Athlete with Bucknell and the Patriot League, having coached against league teams Achievement Award, given to former Bucknell athletes who have achieved success in at both Davidson and St. Mary’s. Th e Bison and Gaels met in each of the two their chosen profession. Garrity served in a variety of manufacturing and engineering prior seasons, with St. Mary’s winning 23-22 in overtime in 2002 and Bucknell management positions with Corning Inc. In 2003 he received the Loyalty to Bucknell Award for extraordinary service to Bucknell as a Trustee, member of Reunion Gift capturing a 38-6 decision in 2001. committees and volunteer for the Career Development Center. Garrity was also St. Mary’s 2000 team gained acclaim for its victories over nationally ranked awarded the Bud Ranck Award for his service and devotion to the football program. Colgate and a talented Towson squad. He also posted a win over Patriot League In addition to the Odell endowment, he funded the Garrity Family Scholarship and foe Georgetown during his stint at Davidson. the state-of-the-art artifi cial surface for the football fi eld. “Having so many roots in the East, I have followed the Patriot League for a Prior to the 2005 season fi nale against Holy Cross, the Bucknell football program long time and it is becoming one of the premier conferences in Division I-AA and Bison Athletics honored Odell’s service and friendship to Bucknell with a special football,” Landis said upon his arrival at Bucknell. “Just look at the success that monument, which was unveiled in the closed end of Christy Mathewson-Memorial Patriot League teams have had in the I-AA playoff s. Every school in the league Stadium. has academic prestige and football prestige. Th at is a great combination.” Odell is a member of the Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame and the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. As head football coach from 1958-64, Odell took Landis’ trademark spread option off ensive attack put up 2,908 ground over a struggling program and compiled a 37-26 record. He led the Bison to college yards in 2003, missing the school record by just a single yard while fi nishing football prominence, winning Lambert Cup titles in 1960 and 1964 while producing 10th nationally in rushing off ense. In 2003 the Bison were eighth nationally, fi ve straight winning seasons and a 32-13 record from 1960-64. averaging 251.8 rushing yards per game, while last year they were fi fth at 235.2 An All-America himself as a halfback at Penn, Odell won the Maxwell Trophy yards per contest. and fi nished second in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1943. He later served as head In his fi rst season at St. Mary’s the Gaels ranked fourth nationally in rushing coach at Penn from 1965-70 and at Williams from 1971-86. His overall coaching at 309.5 yards per game and 24th nationally in total off ense at 434.4. Th e team record stood at 136-104-5. A second-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in broke school records for total yards (4778) and touchdowns (50) in a season. 1944, Odell served as a communications offi cer in the U.S. Navy during World War Defensively, the Gaels were equally opportunistic, ranking 12th in Division I-AA II before starting his football coaching career. He began as an assistant coach at Yale, then moved on to Temple and Wisconsin. Odell retired to Lewisburg and volunteered in turnovers forced (32). St. Mary’s also ranked fourth in the country in rushing his time and football expertise back to the program on the fi eld, in the radio booth off ense in 2001 and fi fth in 2002.