Ball State University Athletics
Football
- Title:
- Safeties Coach
- Email:
- tjlantz@bsu.edu
- Phone:
- 765.285.5680
First Season at Ball State (2011)
22nd Year as a Football Coach in 2012
Alma Mater: Louisville '91; Master's - Louisiana-Monroe '93
Recruiting Areas:
Southeast Indiana
Florida (North)
Ohio (Southwest)
Kentucky (East)
Coaching Experience:
Tennessee, graduate assistant, 1991
Louisiana-Monroe, graduate assistant, 1992-93
Massachusetts, assistant coach, 1994-95
Virginia Military Institute, assistant coach, 1996
Glenville State, assistant coach, 1997-98
Liberty, assistant coach, 1999
Wofford, assistant coach, 2000-10
Ball State, assistant coach, 2011-12
NOTES: Coached the safeties at Ball State in 2011 and 2012 . . . tutored Sean Baker as a senior and helped him earn 2011 All-Mid-American Conference First-Team honors . . . Baker also completed his career as Ball State's career interceptions leader . . . spent 2000-10 as an assistant coach at Wofford . . . tutored the secondary at Wofford and helped the Terriers to rank first in the Southern Conference in pass defense, total defense and pass efficiency defense in 2010 . . . helped Wofford to a 10-3 overall mark and a 7-1 SoCon record in 2010 . . . helped Wofford advance to the 2010 Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs . . . coached safeties to all-conference accolades from 2007-10 . . . tutored an All-America first-team selection and the SoCon Defensive Player of the Year in 2003 and 2004 . . . began his coaching career as a student assistant at Louisville in 1990 and helped the Cardinals to a 34-7 victory over Alabama in the Fiesta Bowl . . . served as a graduate assistant at Tennessee in 1991 and helped the Volunteers to a Fiesta Bowl berth that season.
Personal Information:
Marital Status: Married to Meredith Claytor . . . two children - Adam and Olivia
Birthdate: Nov. 9, 1967, in Boston, Mass.
High School: Penn H.S. (Class of '86) in Mishawaka, Ind.
College: Louisville '91; Master's - Louisiana-Monroe '93
NOTES: Four-year letterman at defensive back at Louisville before spending the 1990 season as a student assistant coach . . . son of longtime collegiate coach Rick Lantz, who earned World Bowl and Coach of the Year honors with the Berlin Thunder and also served as the head coach of the Rhein Fire in NFL Europe.
