Rick Lantz

Rick Lantz
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	New Britain, Connecticut
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981	New England Patriots (LB)
1982–1983	Georgia Tech (DC)
1984–1985	Notre Dame (DL)
1986–1990	Louisville (DC/LB)
1991–2000	Virginia (DC)
2001	Navy (DC/LB)
2001	Navy
2003	Barcelona Dragons (LB)
2004–2006	Berlin Thunder
2007	Rhein Fire
2010	Omaha Nighthawks (DC/LB)
Head coaching record
Overall	0–3 (college) 23–11–1 (NFL Europe)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 World Bowl (XII)
Awards
NFL Europe Coach of the Year (2004)

Rick Lantz was the interim head football coach at Navy in 2000, following the firing of former head coach Charlie Weatherbie. He was formerly a widely recognized defensive coordinator, and held high profile jobs at Virginia, and Louisville. He also served as an assistant coach at Georgia Tech, Miami, Buffalo, and Boston University.

Lantz also coached the Berlin Thunder and Rhein Fire of NFL Europe. In three seasons (2004–06) with the Berlin Thunder, Lantz coached the team to an 18-11-1 regular season record. In addition, the Thunder competed in two World Bowls. Berlin won World Bowl XII 30-24 over the Frankfurt Galaxy on June 12, 2004, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.^[1] The following year, the Thunder fell in World Bowl XIII 27-21 to the Amsterdam Admirals on June 11, 2005, in Düsseldorf, Germany.^[2] The 2006 Berlin season included a 17-17 tie on the road against the Hamburg Sea Devils on April 1, one of just two ties in the history of NFL Europe.

Lantz took the reins of the Rhein Fire in 2007, the final season of NFL Europe. He coached the team to a 4-6 record.^[3]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall
Navy Midshipmen (NCAA Division I-A independent) (2001)
2001	Navy	0–3
Navy:		0–3
Total:		0–3

References

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Navy Midshipmen head football coaches

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Vaulx Carter (1882)
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Ben Crosby (1892)
John A. Hartwell (1893)
William Wurtenburg (1894)
Matthew McClung (1895)
Johnny Poe (1896)
Bill Armstrong (1897–1899)
Garrett Cochran (1900)
Art Hillebrand (1901–1902)
Burr Chamberlain (1903)
Paul Dashiell (1904–1906)
Joseph M. Reeves (1907)
Frank Berrien (1908–1910)
Douglas Legate Howard (1911–1914)
Jonas H. Ingram (1915–1916)
Gil Dobie (1917–1919)
Bob Folwell (1920–1924)
Jack Owsley (1925)
Bill Ingram (1926–1930)
Edgar Miller (1931–1933)
Tom Hamilton (1934–1936)
Hank Hardwick (1937–1938)
Swede Larson (1939–1941)
John Whelchel (1942–1943)
Oscar Hagberg (1944–1945)
Tom Hamilton (1946–1947)
George Sauer (1948–1949)
Eddie Erdelatz (1950–1958)
Wayne Hardin (1959–1964)
Bill Elias (1965–1968)
Rick Forzano (1969–1972)
George Welsh (1973–1981)
Gary Tranquill (1982–1986)
Elliot Uzelac (1987–1989)
George Chaump (1990–1994)
Charlie Weatherbie (1995–2001)
Rick Lantz # (2001)
Paul Johnson (2002–2007)
Ken Niumatalolo (2007– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Berlin Thunder head coaches

Wes Chandler (1999) Peter Vaas (2000–2003) Rick Lantz (2004–2006) John Allen (2007)

Rhein Fire head coaches

Galen Hall (1995–2000) Pete Kuharchek (2001–2005) Jim Tomsula (2006) Rick Lantz (2007)

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