Vic Koenning

Vic Koenning
Current position
Sport(s)	Football
Title	Defensive coordinator
Team	Troy
Conference	Sun Belt
Biographical details
Born	(1960-02-26) February 26, 1960 Owasso, Oklahoma
Playing career
1977–1981	Kansas State
1984	Oklahoma Outlaws
1985	Arizona Outlaws
Position(s)	Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1990	Memphis State (GA)
1991–1996	Memphis State/Memphis (DB)
1997–1999	Wyoming (DC)
2000–2002	Wyoming
2003–2004	Troy (DC)
2005–2008	Clemson (DC/DB)
2009	Kansas State (AHC/Co-DC/DB)
2010–2011	Illinois (DC)
2011	Illinois (Interim HC)
2012–2014	North Carolina (AHC/S)
2015–present	Troy (DC/S)
Head coaching record
Overall	6–29
Bowls	1-0

Victor Emanuel Koenning, Jr. (born February 26, 1960) is a former professional American football player, and currently serves as the defensive coordinator at Troy University. He was the interim head coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 2011 and was the head football coach at the University of Wyoming from 2000 to 2002, where he compiled a record of 5–29.

Playing career

A three-year starter and team captain at Kansas State, Koenning was the recipient of the Paul Coffman Award, presented to the Wildcat who displays the most outstanding leadership. Koenning was third on the team with 93 total tackles as a senior.

After his collegiate career, he played two seasons (1984–1985) for the Oklahoma Outlaws of the United States Football League (USFL).

Coaching career

Koenning started his college career as an assistant coach for the University of Memphis before moving on to become the defensive coordinator at the University of Wyoming. In 2000, he was promoted to head coach of the Cowboys, but was fired following the 2002 season after posting a record of 5–29. After Wayne Bolt left Troy following the 2002 season, Koenning was hired by Larry Blakeny as his replacement where Koenning led Troy to a Top-10 ranked defense in 2004.

In 2005 Koenning became defensive coordinator for the Clemson Tigers. Clemson ranked in the top 25 for scoring defense and total defense during his tenure. It was ninth in total defensive in 2007. Koenning resigned his position on December 2, 2008. Koenning's defense was the highlight of the Clemson 2008 season. He was hired at Kansas State by head coach Bill Snyder on December 8, 2008 to be assistant head coach and co-defensive coordinator (alongside Chris Cosh) at his alma mater.^[1] The K-state defense improved from 118 to 38 under Koenning.

On December 18, 2009, Ron Zook announced he hired Koenning as the defensive coordinator for the University of Illinois.^[2] He improved the Illini defense from 91st in the country in 2009, to 38th in 2010, and 7th in 2011. Illinois gave up just 291.8 yards per game and ranked 4th in the nation in pass defense, 5th in tackles for loss and 9th in sacks. After Ron Zook was fired from Illinois at the end of the regular season, Illinois made Koenning the Interim Head Coach for bowl game against the UCLA Bruins in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.

After Koenning led the Illini to a win in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, he was the hired by the University of North Carolina as the Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator. In his first season at North Carolina, his defense finished 3rd in the nation in tackles for loss with more than eight per game. The defense that year only allowed a little over 25 points per game. In 2013, North Carolina improved dramatically over the second half of the season, securing wins in six of its last seven contests. In five of those games, North Carolina held its opponents to less than 20 points, including the 39-17 win over Cincinnati in the Belk Bowl. For the entire 2013 season, North Carolina allowed only 24.3 points per game, which gave them the 48th ranked scoring defense.

After the 2014 regular season, Koenning was dismissed from the North Carolina program. He was then hired by Troy again on December 17, 2014 by new head coach Neal Brown to be the defensive coordinator once again for the Trojans.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Wyoming Cowboys (Mountain West Conference) (2000–2002)
2000	Wyoming	1–10	0–8	9th
2001	Wyoming	2–9	0–7	9th
2002	Wyoming	2–10	1–6	9th
Wyoming:		5–29	1–21
Illinois Fighting Illini (Big Ten Conference) (2011)
2011	Illinois	1–0	0–0		W Kraft Fight Hunger
Illinois:		1–0	0–0
Total:		6–29

References

↑ "Vic Koenning Named to Football Staff". - Kansas State University Wildcats official athletic site. - (kstatesports.com). - December 8, 2008
↑ http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2009/12/koenning-named-illinois-defensive-coordinator.html

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Fred Hess (1892)
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Harold I. Dean (1909–1911)
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John Corbett (1915–1917)
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John Corbett (1919–1923)
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John Rhodes (1930–1932)
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Fred Akers (1975–1976)
Bill Lewis (1977–1979)
Pat Dye (1980)
Al Kincaid (1981–1985)
Dennis Erickson (1986)
Paul Roach (1987–1990)
Joe Tiller (1991–1996)
Dana Dimel (1997–1999)
Vic Koenning (2000–2002)
Joe Glenn (2003–2008)
Dave Christensen (2009–2013)
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Illinois Fighting Illini head football coaches

Scott Williams (1890)
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Louis Vail (1894)
George Huff (1895–1899)
Fred L. Smith (1900)
Edgar Holt (1901–1902)
George W. Woodruff (1903)
Arthur R. Hall, Justa Lindgren, Fred Lowenthal & Clyde Matthews (1904)
Fred Lowenthal (1905)
Justa Lindgren (1906)
Arthur R. Hall (1907–1912)
Robert Zuppke (1913–1941)
Ray Eliot (1942–1959)
Pete Elliott (1960–1966)
Jim Valek (1967–1970)
Bob Blackman (1971–1976)
Gary Moeller (1977–1979)
Mike White (1980–1987)
John Mackovic (1988–1991)
Lou Tepper (1991–1996)
Ron Turner (1997–2004)
Ron Zook (2005–2011)
Vic Koenning # (2011)
Tim Beckman (2012–2014)
Bill Cubit (2015)
Lovie Smith (2016– )

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