Al Luginbill

Al Luginbill

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	November 13, 1946 Pomona, California
Alma mater	Cal Poly Pomona
Playing career
1965–1967	Cal Poly Pomona
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1968–1971	Pasadena City CC (assistant)
1972–1973	Arizona State (assistant)
1974–1976	Pasadena City CC (assistant)
1977	Pasadena City CC
1978	Wyoming (DB)
1979–1981	Arizona State (LB)
1982–1984	Arizona State (DC)
1989–1993	San Diego State
1995–2000	Amsterdam Admirals
2001	Los Angeles Xtreme
2003	Detroit Fury
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1985–1988	San Diego State (associate AD)
2003	Detroit Fury (GM)
Head coaching record
Overall	31–25–3 (college) 52–39 (professional)
Bowls	0–1 (college)
Tournaments	3–2 (professional playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Million Dollar Game (2001)

Alan Luginbill (born November 13, 1946) is a former American football coach.

College coaching career

Luginbill began his college coaching career at Pasadena City College, where he served as an assistant from 1968–1971 and returned from 1974–1976. In 1977 Luginbill was promoted to head coach and guided PCC to a Jr. Rose Bowl Championship, National Championship and finished the regular season with a record of 11–1.

Luginbill got his Division I college break with the Arizona State Sun Devils. He worked at ASU for two years as assistant coach. After a one-year stint with the University of Wyoming, he returned to Arizona State. Luginbill remained as a coach at ASU until 1984, when he left to enter the athletic administration at San Diego State University.

After spending three years on the administrative side, Luginbill was given control of a slumping Aztec program. Three years later, Luginbill’s Aztecs went 8–4–1, including a 52-all tie with BYU before 56,737 at Jack Murphy Stadium. While at SDSU, Luginbill recruited running back Marshall Faulk. Luginbill served as head coach of the Aztecs for five years, where he earned an overall record of 31–25–3. In those five years, he never suffered a losing season.

Professional coaching career

Luginbill served as the inaugural head coach for the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe from 1995–2000. He led the Admirals to a 34–26 record. Amsterdam went 9–1 in 1995 and played in the World Bowl.

After coaching in Europe, Luginbill returned to the States to serve as the head coach and director of football operations for the XFL’s Los Angeles Xtreme. In the league’s first and only year, he guided the Xtreme to a championship.

Luginbill served as head coach and general manager for the Detroit Fury of the Arena Football League in 2003.

Personal

Luginbill and his wife, Susan, are the parents of twins, a daughter, Kerry, and a son, Tom, who is a college football analyst for ESPN.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
San Diego State Aztecs (Western Athletic Conference) (1989–1993)
1989	San Diego State	6–5–1	4–3	T–5th
1990	San Diego State	6–5	5–2	3rd
1991	San Diego State	8–4–1	6–1–1	2nd	L Freedom
1992	San Diego State	8–4–1	6–1–1	2nd
1993	San Diego State	6–6	4–4	T–3rd
San Diego State:		31–25–3	25–11–2
Total:		31–25–3

NFL Europe

Team	Year	Regular season					Postseason
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
AMS	1995	9	1	0	.900	1st (League)	0	1	.000	Lost to Frankfurt Galaxy in World Bowl '95
AMS	1996	5	5	0	.500	3rd (League)	–	–	—	—
AMS	1997	5	5	0	.500	4th (League)	–	–	—	—
AMS	1998	7	3	0	.700	3rd (League)	–	–	—	—
AMS	1999	4	6	0	.400	4th (League)	–	–	—	—
AMS	2000	4	6	0	.400	4th (League)	–	–	—	—
Total		34	26	0	.567		0	1	.000

XFL

Team	Year	Regular season					Postseason
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
LAX	2001	7	3	0	.700	1st (Western)	2	0	1.000	Million Dollar Game champions
Total		7	3	0	.700		2	0	1.000

Arena Football League

Team	Year	Regular season					Postseason
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
DET	2003	8	8	0	.500	2nd (National Eastern)	1	1	.500	Lost to Tampa Bay Storm in quarterfinals
Total		8	8	0	.500		1	1	.500

External links

• Arena Football coaching record