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Lycoming College." Lycoming president Dr. James E. Douthat praised Girardi's contributions to the college, "Coach G, as most of his players call him, is a legendary figure. He has etched a nationally respected, winning tradition in the town where he was raised. In the world of NCAA Division III football, the name Frank Girardi is synonymous with class and success, both on and off the field."
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opportunities came up, whenever I compared them, Lycoming always won. It didn't take me long to realize that this was the place I wanted to be until I retire.... It's been a real family situation, and that's the way I tried to run the football program, just like a family. I treated all the players like family and they responded."
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1677:George Baer
1671:(1946–1947)
1663:(1942–1945)
1655:(1932–1941)
1647:(1930–1931)
1639:(1923–1929)
1637:Ross Swartz
1631:(1921–1922)
1615:(1917–1919)
1571:(1909–1912)
1547:(1905–1906)
1531:(1900–1903)
1515:(1895–1898)
367:(1972–2007)
293:Joe Paterno
231:Early years
181:(1995–2000)
147:Tournaments
115:(assistant)
74:Position(s)
1742:Categories
1725:Mike Clark
1311:References
629:(Northern)
605:(Northern)
581:(Northern)
557:(Northern)
533:(Northern)
509:(Northern)
485:(Northern)
461:(Northern)
437:(Northern)
413:(Northern)
389:(Northern)
343:Conference
38:1939-07-17
1409:USA Today
1392:April 25,
1253:Lycoming:
1236:Lycoming
1215:Lycoming
1194:Lycoming
1173:Lycoming
1146:Lycoming
1125:Lycoming
1104:Lycoming
1091:(Freedom)
1080:Lycoming
1061:(Freedom)
1050:Lycoming
1031:(Freedom)
1020:Lycoming
1001:(Freedom)
990:Lycoming
971:(Freedom)
960:Lycoming
941:(Freedom)
930:Lycoming
917:(Freedom)
906:Lycoming
893:(Freedom)
882:Lycoming
855:Lycoming
828:Lycoming
801:Lycoming
774:Lycoming
753:Lycoming
732:Lycoming
711:Lycoming
684:Lycoming
663:Lycoming
642:Lycoming
618:Lycoming
594:Lycoming
570:Lycoming
546:Lycoming
522:Lycoming
498:Lycoming
474:Lycoming
450:Lycoming
426:Lycoming
402:Lycoming
378:Lycoming
346:Standing
120:1972–2007
109:1969–1971
101:1963–1968
93:1961–1962
1727:(2008– )
1336:June 18,
1299:See also
1272:257–97–4
1260:178–65–5
1257:257–97–5
340:Overall
258:Lycoming
124:Lycoming
113:Lycoming
1693:No team
1661:No team
1537:Unknown
1513:Unknown
1461:at the
325:College
200:profile
139:Overall
60:c. 1960
1687:(1950)
1623:(1920)
1607:(1916)
1599:(1915)
1595:&
1587:(1914)
1579:(1913)
1563:(1908)
1555:(1907)
1539:(1904)
1523:(1899)
1268:Total:
939:T–1st
915:T–2nd
627:T–1st
603:T–3rd
531:T–1st
50:, U.S.
1245:T–5th
1224:T–6th
1203:T–4th
1182:T–7th
861:7–0–1
858:8–1–1
783:T–1st
762:T–4th
738:6–2–1
735:6–2–1
720:T–2nd
672:T–2nd
648:6–1–1
645:7–2–1
600:4–2–1
597:5–4–1
552:6–0–1
549:8–1–1
337:Team
334:Year
1394:2010
1338:2010
1232:2007
1211:2006
1190:2005
1169:2004
1142:2003
1121:2002
1100:2001
1089:1st
1076:2000
1059:1st
1046:1999
1029:1st
1023:10–1
1016:1998
999:1st
993:12–1
986:1997
969:1st
963:11–1
956:1996
926:1995
902:1994
891:3rd
878:1993
851:1992
831:10–1
824:1991
804:12–1
797:1990
777:10–2
770:1989
749:1988
728:1987
707:1986
687:10–1
680:1985
659:1984
638:1983
614:1982
590:1981
579:2nd
566:1980
555:1st
542:1979
518:1978
507:3rd
494:1977
483:2nd
470:1976
459:3rd
446:1975
435:6th
422:1974
411:5th
398:1973
387:7th
374:1972
225:NCAA
32:Born
1242:3–4
1239:3–7
1221:4–5
1218:4–5
1200:5–4
1197:6–4
1179:3–6
1176:3–7
1155:1st
1152:8–1
1149:9–2
1134:4th
1131:6–3
1128:6–3
1113:2nd
1110:8–1
1107:8–1
1086:4–0
1083:7–2
1056:4–0
1053:9–1
1026:4–0
996:4–0
966:4–0
936:3–1
933:8–3
912:2–2
909:5–4
888:3–2
885:6–4
864:1st
837:1st
834:8–0
810:1st
807:8–0
780:7–1
759:5–3
756:7–3
741:3rd
717:7–2
714:8–2
693:1st
690:9–0
669:6–2
666:8–2
651:2nd
624:6–1
621:8–2
576:6–1
573:9–1
528:5–1
525:7–2
504:4–2
501:6–3
480:5–1
477:8–1
456:3–2
453:6–2
432:1–5
429:3–6
408:2–5
405:2–6
384:2–5
381:2–6
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