| Tim Lappano | |
| Player Years1: | 1975–1979 |
| Player Team1: | Idaho |
| Coach Years1: | 1981 |
| Coach Team1: | Joel E. Ferris HS (WA) (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1982–1985 |
| Coach Team2: | Idaho (RB) |
| Coach Years3: | 1986 |
| Coach Team3: | Wyoming (RB) |
| Coach Years4: | 1987–1990 |
| Coach Team4: | Washington State (RB) |
| Coach Years5: | 1991 |
| Coach Team5: | Washington State (OC) |
| Coach Years6: | 1992–1995 |
| Coach Team6: | California (AHC/RB) |
| Coach Years7: | 1996 |
| Coach Team7: | Wyoming (WR) |
| Coach Years8: | 1997 |
| Coach Team8: | Purdue (co-OC/WR) |
| Coach Years9: | 1998 |
| Coach Team9: | Seattle Seahawks (RB) |
| Coach Years10: | 1999–2002 |
| Coach Team10: | Oregon State (OC/QB) |
| Coach Years11: | 2003–2004 |
| Coach Team11: | San Francisco 49ers (RB) |
| Coach Years12: | 2005–2008 |
| Coach Team12: | Washington (OC/QB) |
| Coach Years13: | 2009–2011 |
| Coach Team13: | Detroit Lions (TE) |
| Coach Years14: | 2012–2013 |
| Coach Team14: | Detroit Lions (WR) |
| Coach Years15: | 2014–2016 |
| Coach Team15: | Georgia State (WR) |
| Coach Years16: | 2016 |
| Coach Team16: | Georgia State (interim HC) |
| Coach Years17: | 2019 |
| Coach Team17: | Salt Lake Stallions (OC) |
| Overall Record: | 1–1 |
Tim Lappano is an American football coach, most recently the offensive coordinator for the Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football. He has coached a variety of positions at both the collegiate and professional levels, such as coaching Brandon Pettigrew as the tight ends coach and Calvin Johnson as the wide receivers coach of the Detroit Lions through the 2013 season.
From Spokane, Washington, Lappano played high school football at Gonzaga Prep and graduated in 1975.[1] [2] [3] He set numerous records as a Bullpup and the school retired his number 32.[4]
A running back, he played college football for the Idaho Vandals of the Big Sky Conference from 1975 through 1979, and set a league record for freshman, averaging over eight yards per carry.[4] [5] A hamstring injury in prior to his junior year hampered his output in 1977 and he was redshirted under new head coach Jerry Davitch in 1978.[2] [6] Recurring headaches in 1979 limited his playing time as a senior.[4] Lappano graduated from the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1983.
Lappano's first collegiate coaching position was at his alma mater under head coach Dennis Erickson, whom he followed to Wyoming and back to the Palouse at Washington State and stayed in Pullman under new head coach Mike Price in 1989.[7] When Joe Tiller left to become head coach at Wyoming, Lappano succeeded him as offensive coordinator at WSU in 1991,[8] and guided quarterback Drew Bledsoe and running back Steve Broussard. He left for California under new head coach Keith Gilbertson in 1992, then coached under Tiller for two seasons at Wyoming and Purdue. Lappano later coached under Erickson in the NFL at Seattle and San Francisco and in the Pac-10 at Oregon State. He also worked under Tyrone Willingham for four seasons at Washington in Seattle.
In 2018, Lappano joined the Salt Lake Stallions of the newly-formed Alliance of American Football as the offensive coordinator.[9]