Bob Landsee
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Position: | guard | ||||
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Born: | Iron Mountain, Michigan, U.S. | March 21, 1964||||
Died: | January 20, 2024 Naples, Florida, U.S. | (aged 59)||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||
Weight: | 273 lb (124 kg) | ||||
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College: | Wisconsin | ||||
NFL draft: | 1986 / Round: 6 / Pick: 149 | ||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Robert John Landsee (March 21, 1964 – January 20, 2024) was an American professional
Playing career
Landsee earned All-State honors in both football and basketball at Iron Mountain High School.[1]
At
Landsee was drafted by the
His career was plagued with injuries. He blew out his knee in 1984 in the sixth Badgers game of the season against first-place Illinois.[7] And he broke his leg in his first practice as a member of the Eagles and appeared in only nine games in his NFL career.[8]
He was inducted into the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.[9]
Coaching career
Landsee's many coaching stops included a stint at Madison West High School in Madison, Wisconsin.[10]
Milwaukee Mustangs
Landsee was the offensive line coach for the
Toronto Phantoms and Indiana Firebirds
Landsee was a coach for the Toronto Phantoms in 2002 and for the Indiana Firebirds in 2003.[2]
Green Bay Blizzard
Landsee was the head coach for the
Milwaukee Iron
Landsee was named head coach of the
Jacksonville Sharks
Landsee had been serving as the line coach of the Jacksonville Sharks of the AFL when he was named the interim head coach of the team after former head coach Les Moss was fired with two games to go in the 2016 season.[12]
AFL head coaching record
Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | ||||||
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Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
MIL | 2010 | 11 | 5 | .688 | 1st in NC Midwest | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to Spokane Shock in NC Championship |
MIL | 2011 | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3rd in AC East | 0 | 0 | .000 | – |
MIL | 2012 | 5 | 13 | .278 | 3rd in AC East | 0 | 0 | .000 | – |
JAX | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3rd in AC | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost to Philadelphia Soul in AC Championship |
MIL total | 23 | 29 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | .500 | |||
JAX total | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | .500 | |||
Total[13] | 25 | 29 | .463 | 2 | 2 | .500 |
Personal life and death
Landsee was born in West Allis, Wis., and grew up in Iron Mountain, Mich. He married Sharon Dollins on March 21, 1987, and they had two daughters: Sara and Melissa.
He started a business based in Middleton, Wis., called Watt Savers Inc., which he later sold. In 1993, he suffered a brain aneurysm.[14]
Landsee served as president of the
References
- ^ "Inductee Class of 1996", Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Bob Landsee will Return in 2009 as Blizzard Head Coach". Oursportscentral.com. November 6, 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ "Milwaukee Talks: Mustangs head coach Bob Landsee". OnMilwaukee.com. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "1986 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- ^ "Milwaukee Talks: Mustangs head coach Bob Landsee". OnMilwaukee.com. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "Eagles offer contracts to four players". UPI.com. April 14, 1989.
- ^ "Milwaukee Talks: Mustangs head coach Bob Landsee". OnMilwaukee.com. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "White, Landsee have jewel of a friendship". Appleton Post-Cresent. January 19, 1997.
- ^ "Inductee Class of 1996", Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Bob Landsee". The Capital Times. April 11, 2010.
- ^ a b "Bob Landsee". Milwaukee Iron. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ "SHARKS NAME BOB LANDSEE INTERIM HEAD COACH". jaxsharks.com. July 19, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ^ "Bob Landsee coaching record". ArenaFan.com. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ "Milwaukee Talks: Mustangs head coach Bob Landsee". OnMilwaukee.com. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "Robert J. Landsee". Cress Funeral & Cremation Service. Retrieved 26 January 2024.