Bobby Joe Swindickle came to Lackawanna College from Iowa State University, where he tutored the quarterbacks for two seasons and the tight ends and special teams for three. In 1998, Swindickle coached Todd Bandhauer, the first quarterback in Iowa State University history to notch a pair of 2,000-yard passing seasons. In 1995 and again in 1996, Iowa State University featured the nation’s leading rusher in All-American Troy Davis.
A 1979 graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School in Plymouth, PA, Swindickle earned a football scholarship to the University of Maryland after an outstanding career with the Spartans. As a Maryland defensive lineman, he set a single-season school record with more than 13 sacks and ranks second in career sacks with more than 30.
Swindickle later starred in the National Football League, spending six seasons with the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals. He was defensive line coach for two years at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania and defensive coordinator for one year at Meyers High School in Wilkes-Barre, PA, before coming to Lackawanna.
Among his coaching associates at Southeast Missouri University was Jon Gruden, the current head coach of the National Football League’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Following his tenancy at Southeast Missouri State University, Swindickle went on to become the offensive coordinator at Southern Illinois University from 1989 to 1993 and Illinois State University in 1994.
He was inducted into the University of Maryland Wall of Fame in 1994 and a year later was inducted into the Northeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sport Hall of Fame. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Education by East Stroudsburg University in 1991.
Swindickle has compiled a 70-26 record while elevating the program to a position of national prominence.
Under his guidance, Lackawanna has appeared in five bowl games and has been ranked nationally in recent years, highlighted by a No. 5 ranking at the end of the 2001 regular-season. The college won four championships in five years as a Northeast Football Conference member.
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