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Football coach Jack Siedlecki addresses his team after the Harvard-Yale game in 2004.

Football coach Jack Siedlecki addresses his team after the Harvard-Yale game in 2004.

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AFTER 12 YEARS, SIEDLECKI STEPS DOWN 11.26.08

The Siedlecki era has officially come to an end.

Under increasingly harsh criticism from students and alumni following Saturday’s crushing loss in The Game, football coach Jack Siedlecki announced his retirement on Wednesday after 12 years presiding over one of college football’s most historic programs.

Siedlecki said he will remain at Yale as an assistant director in the Athletics Department, and Yale officials said they will immediately begin searching for his successor.

"I am extremely proud of what we have accomplished over 12 years, going from 1-9 to 9-1 in three years, winning two Ivy League championships and playing with the title on the line in the final game of the season the past three years," Siedlecki said in a statement. "I have been given an opportunity to stay affiliated with Yale Athletics for the balance of my career, and I deeply appreciate that." Read more…

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SIEDLECKI TO STEP DOWN 11.26.08

Football coach Jack Siedlecki has decided to retire from his position and assume an administrative post in the Yale Athletics Department, the News has learned.

An announcement could come as early as today. Steve Conn, the director of Yale Sports Publicity, declined to comment, and neither Siedlecki nor Athletic Director Tom Beckett could immediately be reached for comment.

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