Lyle Setencich

Lyle Setencich (born June 4, 1945) is an American former college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Boise State University from 1983 to 1986 and California Polytechnic State University from 1987 to 1993, compiling a career head coaching record of .560.

Early years
Born in Reedley, California, Setencich attended Washington Union High School in Fresno in 1963. After graduation in 1963, he played two years of junior college football at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia. Setencich transferred to Fresno State, where he was a two-year letterman and graduated with a degree in biological sciences (and physical education) in 1967. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps in 1972 for one year as a physical therapy specialist with the 828th station hospital in Fresno and held the rank of Specialist 5.

High school coach
Setencich began his coaching career as a high school assistant at alma mater Washington in 1969, then at Mount Diablo (1970–73) in Concord in the East Bay Area. He was then a head coach at Albany (1974–75) and San Ramon Valley (1976–79) in Danville.

College coach
Setencich moved to collegiate coaching in 1980 as the defensive coordinator for the Boise State University Broncos under head coach Jim Criner. He helped lead the Broncos to the Big Sky title and the Division I-AA national championship in his first season and the semifinals in 1981. When Criner departed after the 1982 season for Iowa State University, Setencich was promoted to head coach. He posted a .540 record in four seasons; his last in 1986 was the first losing campaign (5–6) for the program in four decades.

He resigned following the season and immediately became head coach at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, where he led the Division II program to a .580 mark in seven seasons (1987–1993). Setencich later coached at Pacific (1994) under Chuck Shelton, Arizona State (1995–1996) under Bruce Snyder, and California (1997–2001) under Tom Holmoe. In 2003, he became defensive coordinator at Texas Tech under head coach Mike Leach. During his fifth season, he resigned from that position for personal reasons on September 23, 2007.