| Chuck Klausing | |
| Birth Date: | 19 April 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1] |
| Player Years1: | 1943–1944 |
| Player Team1: | Penn State |
| Player Years2: | 1946–1947 |
| Player Team2: | Slippery Rock |
| Player Positions: | Center |
| Coach Years1: | 1948–1953 |
| Coach Team1: | Pitcairn HS (PA) |
| Coach Years2: | 1954–1959 |
| Coach Team2: | Braddock HS (PA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1960 |
| Coach Team3: | Rutgers (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1961–1963 |
| Coach Team4: | Army (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1964–1969 |
| Coach Team5: | Indiana (PA) |
| Coach Years6: | 1970–1975 |
| Coach Team6: | West Virginia (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 1976–1985 |
| Coach Team7: | Carnegie Mellon |
| Coach Years8: | 1986 |
| Coach Team8: | Pittsburgh (assistant) |
| Coach Years9: | 1987–1993 |
| Coach Team9: | The Kiski School |
| Overall Record: | 124–25–2 (college) |
| Bowl Record: | 0–1 |
| Tournament Record: | 2–4 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
| Championships: | 6 PAC (1977–1979, 1981, 1983 1985) 2 PSCAC Western Division (1964–1965) |
| Cfbhof Year: | 1998 |
| Cfbhof Id: | 1990 |
Chuck Klausing (April 19, 1925 – February 15, 2018[1]) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania from 1964 to 1969 and at Carnegie Mellon University from 1976 to 1985, compiling a career college football record of 124–25–2. Klausing's 1968 IUP Indians team played in the Boardwalk Bowl, losing to Delaware. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1998. He retired as the 19th winningest coach in NCAA football history.
Klausing was the head football coach at Pitcairn High School from 1948 to 1953 and Braddock High School from 1954 through 1959, where his teams won an unprecedented six consecutive Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) championships. His six teams at Braddock went 54–0–1 during that period. They broke the national undefeated record set by Massillon Washington High School.
Klausing was head coach at Carnegie Mellon University from 1976 to 1985, winning six conference championships and making the NCAA Division III playoffs four times. He won the National Coach of the Year award by ABC-TV in 1979 and TBS in 1983.
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