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Head Football Coach

Kenny Lawler (currently on administrative leave)
(626) 585-3202

YEARS AT PCC: 3rd season in 2008

HEAD COACHING CAREER RECORD: 9-13, .409

Acting Head Coach: James Kuk, 1st season, 4-0 currently
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RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF
PCC FOOTBALL

• In 2007, second-year head coach Kenny Lawler directed the Lancers to their first plus-.500 season in five years at 6-4 overall. The team opened the year at 5-0, the only Mission Conference squad to be undefeated at the year's halfway mark.
• PCC led the state in total offensive yards per game and its 39-points average is the second highest in school history.
• Lawler coached the Mission Conference National Division Co-Offensive Player of the Year in record-setting quarterback David Pittman. Pittman holds every single PCC passing record in a game, season and a career. Pittman was named the CCCAA State Athlete of the Month for September.
• He also guided the college career of heralded wide receiver David Reed, PCC's Co-Men's Athlete of the Year for 2007-2008.
• Besides Pittman and Reed, three other Lancers were selected All-State and All-MC First Team in returner-receiver Marcus Anderson, linebacker Jason Scott, and cornerback Terell Carr. Eight players overall were selected MC First Team and three others were chosen MC Second Team.
• Reed became the first JC Grid-Wire All-American 1st Team selection from PCC since 2002 and the first receiver to receive such an accolade since Anthony Miller in 1985. Pittman and Anderson were chosen All-American 2nd Team. Scott was an Academic All-American choice.
• Pittman set a new single-game passing record with 481 yards in a 54-14 win over Palomar and in his final game as a Lancer passed for 7 touchdowns against Santa Ana. He closed his career with 6,346 passing yards and 61 TDs. He led PCC in rushing and punting as well as a sophomore.
• Reed broke records for most yards and receptions in a game v. Santa Ana with 16 catches for 262 yards and 3 touchdowns. He finished his PCC career with 151 receptions, 2,361 yards and 24 touchdowns. His 111 receptions and 1,661 yards in 2007 are national community college records.
• Anderson became the first player in PCC history to run back both a punt and a kickoff for touchdown returns in the same game against Riverside. He scored 4 TDs in the game overall. Anderson had the distinction of being named MC First Team at three different spots--all-purpose, wide receiver, punt returner.
• Carr led the conference in interceptions with 7 and pass breakups with 13. Scott led the team in tackles for the second straight season, finishing with 162, a school record for two years of play.
• In 2006, the Pasadena City College football program made strides in the right direction under Lawler as the team improved by two victories its win total of a year earlier.
• Also in 2006, the high-octane Lancers were led by the California Community Colleges passing leader in then freshman Pittman, who broke four PCC single-season passing records including most yards and highest completion percentage. Pittman twice was selected Mission Conference Offensive Player of the Week.
• In that season, Reed caught a Mission Conference receiving high of 11 TD passes and was one of three Lancer All-MC American Division selections who totaled 40 or more pass receptions. Trent Yancy, the conference's leading kick returner in total yards, led the team with 46 receptions, followed by Anderson with 44 and Reed with 40. Making the trio's totals a feat is that only 11 previous Lancers ever caught as many as 40 passes in a single season. Yancy moved into a tie for fifth place all-time, while Anderson is tied for seventh on the elite list.
• In 2004, Ryan Weigand (Virginia) became the first modern PCC punter to kick for at least a 40-yard average (40.3). He was later chosen to the All-American Academic First Team.
• In 2003, Jerome Harrison became the first PCC running back to ever gain consecutive 1,000-yard rushing seasons. Harrison was second in the nation in rushing yards with 1,900 in 2005 for Washington State University and was a finalist for the Doak Walker Award given annually to the top running back in NCAA football. Harrison was then drafted in the NFL by the Cleveland Browns.
• In 2001-2002, the Lancers had their two highest scoring teams in school history. PCC scored school-record 465 points in 2001, then 421 in 2002.
• In 2001, PCC had community college's first-ever All-American, First Team backfield in running back Jonathan Smith and quarterback Nathan Chandler.
• The program played in consecutive bowl games in 2001-2002 for the first time since 1979-80.
• In 2001, Lancers went 10-1, finishing No. 4 in the nation rankings. The team set a Mission Conference record for most offensive yards per game (540.1 yard average) and won the Mission Conference championship.
• The 2001 club beat Grossmont, 38-17, in the South County Bowl. PCC then played in the prestigious Potato Bowl in Bakersfield in 2002 v. Moorpark.
• In 2002, linebacker James Griffin (played in the Senior Bowl after finishing at Virginia Tech) became the school's first First Team All-American selection on defense since 1992.
• In 2002, fullback Allen Kennett (Portland State) received All-American Academic First Team honors
• From 2000-2001, the Lancers scored in an amazing 40 consecutive quarters (span of one full regular season).
• The 2002 team scored 40 or more points in seven games, matching the previous school record set by the 2001 team.
• In 2001, Smith, the Offensive Player of the Year of the MC Northern Division, broke the national JC record for most all-purpose yards in a season and most all-purpose yards in a game (515, breaking NFL star Jason Sehorn’s record of 506 set in 1992 at Shasta College). Smith shattered Mission Conference records for most rushing yards in a game, most rushing and all-purpose yards in a season, most touchdowns in a game and season, and most points in a season. Smith broke legend Jackie Robinson’s hallowed PCC record for touchdowns in a season. Smith’s 31 touchdowns led the nation in scoring this year. He was the first Lancer to rush for more than 2,000 yards (2,049) in a season. Smith went on to be an All-Pac 10 Conference player at Washington State University.
• In 2001, Chandler set several school passing records at PCC since broken by Pittman. Chandler went on to lead the University of Iowa to a bowl win as a senior.

Kenny Lawler
PCC Head Football Coach

BIOGRAPHICAL HIGHLIGHTS

• Hired as the 22nd Head Football Coach in the college's 83-year history of the sport in May, 2006
• First African-American Head Football Coach in school history
• The 2006 season marked his first year in charge of a college program
• Successful assistant coach at both
  Boise State University (Idaho) and
  Mt. San Antonio College
• At Boise State, Lawler was a secondary coach for a program that went 29-5 in his three seasons (2000-2002), including two Huminatarian Bowl victories and two conference championships
• Had two tours of duty at Mt. SAC, including the past three seasons
  (2003-2005) as the Mounties' Defensive Coordinator and the program's
  Assistant Head Coach
• Coached the defensive backs on the 1997 National Champion Mt. SAC team that went a perfect 12-0 and captured the Mission Conference title and State No. 1 ranking
• Helped 88 players to playing scholarships at 4-year universities at either the Division I or Division II level
• In eight community college seasons, he trained six JC All-Americans and his teams amassed a winning 65-21 record
• Trained 12 players that went on to the NFL, including All-Pro defensive back Chris McAlister of the Baltimore Ravens
• Coached the Western Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2002-Quintin Mikell at Boise State
• In 2004, coordinated a defense that was ranked No. 1 in the Mission Conference
• As a player, earned a football scholarship at the University of Oregon, where he played for two seasons
• A track and field star at Verbum Dei High School, he was the 1977 CIF-2A champion in the 100- and 220-yard dashes
• Lawler is the father of seven children, including boys Kenzel, Kenneth, and Brad, and girls Sydney, Perri, Endaca, and Brandy
• Born on December 13, 1959