| John Luckhardt | |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1966 |
| Player Team2: | Purdue |
| Player Positions: | Center |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | late 1960s |
| Coach Team2: | Purdue (GA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1970–1972 |
| Coach Team3: | Northern Illinois (WR/DB) |
| Coach Years4: | 1973–1981 |
| Coach Team4: | Lehigh (DC) |
| Coach Years5: | 1982–1998 |
| Coach Team5: | Washington & Jefferson |
| Coach Years6: | 2002–2011 |
| Coach Team6: | California (PA) |
| Coach Sport7: | Baseball |
| Coach Years8: | 1983–1986 |
| Coach Team8: | Washington & Jefferson |
| Admin Years1: | 1986–1998 |
| Admin Team1: | Washington & Jefferson |
| Overall Record: | 225–70–2 (football) 19–48–1 (baseball) |
| Tournament Record: | Football 13–11 (NCAA D-III playoffs) 8–5 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Championships: | Football 13 PAC (1984, 1986–1996, 1998) 1 PSAC (2008) 7 PSAC Western Division (2005–2011) |
| Cfbhof Year: | 2022 |
| Cfbhof Id: | 2498 |
John Luckhardt is a former American football player and coach. He was the head football coach at California University of Pennsylvania in California, Pennsylvania from 2002 to 2011.[1] Luckhardt coached at Washington & Jefferson College from 1982 to 1998, where he compiled a record of 137–37–2 and posted a school record for wins.[2] He was elected to the Washington & Jefferson College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007.[3] Luckhardt was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2022.
Luckhardt attended Chartiers Valley High School. He then moved on to Purdue University and played for the Purdue Boilermakers, where he was a linebacker on the 1967 Rose Bowl team.[4]