director of athletics at Louisville (1978–1980) and Missouri (1980–1983). He then went to Fresno State as director of athletics from 1983 to 1986. He returned to University of Missouri to become their athletic director from 1986 to 1988. In 1988, he became the athletic director at the United States Naval Academy, where he served for 14 years before retiring in 2001. He received the 2005 John L. Toner Award from the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame for his service at Navy. Since retiring from Navy in 2001, he has also been the interim director of athletics at Temple University, Eastern Kentucky University, and most recently University of Colorado. Lengyel also served many years on the board of trustees for the Foundation of the United States Naval Academy. He is currently the vice president of business development for XOS Digital, a sports media and technology company. On January 12, 2008, seven members of a high school basketball team from Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada and their coach's wife were killed in a highway crash when the 15-seat van they were traveling in collided with a tractor-trailer while returning from a game in Moncton in snowy conditions. Drawing similarities between the two tragedies, on March 13, 2008, Jack Lengyel funded his own traveling expenses to New Brunswick, Canada to assist in counseling the grieving community. Lengyel went on record with the Canadian Press stating that schools should not be transporting students in small, multi-passenger vans. The New Brunswick government announced soon after the crash that it was suspending the use of the vans. In 2019, Lengyel was named to the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame's 150th Anniversary Team of Excellence. In media In the 2006 film We Are Marshall, based on the Marshall plane crash and Marshall's 1971 team, Lengyel was portrayed by Matthew McConaughey. Head coaching record Football See also List of teachers portrayed in films References External links 1935 births Living people Akron Zips football coaches Akron Zips football players Colorado Buffaloes athletic directors Cornell Big Red football coaches Eastern Kentucky Colonels athletic directors Fresno State Bulldogs athletic directors Heidelberg Student Princes baseball coaches Heidelberg Student Princes football coaches Louisville Cardinals athletic directors Marshall Thundering Herd football coaches Missouri Tigers athletic directors Navy Midshipmen athletic directors Temple Owls athletic directors Wooster Fighting Scots football coaches College men's lacrosse coaches in the United States