TACOMA, Wash. - The University of Puget Sound announced today that Philip Willenbrock will not return as head coach of Loggers football next season. Willenbrock has served as head coach of the Division III program since 2002, with a 24-49 record overall and an 8-35 record in the Northwest Conference. Following a national search to commence immediately, a new head coach is expected to be named early next year.

Willenbrock joined the University of Puget Sound from Allegheny College, where he served as assistant head coach, offensive coordinator, and offensive line coach from 1998-2001. His coaching career began at San Francisco State in 1990, where he served as offensive line coach for three seasons and the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator from 1993-94. During Willenbrock's tenure Puget Sound posted a 7-3 season in 2006, the best record in 19 years, and running back Rory Lee ‘07 set many of his seven school records during that season. Puget Sound also saw success in the classroom as Boone Freeman ‘09 became just the third player in Logger football history to be named CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American in 2008.

A native of State College, Penn., Willenbrock is a 1989 graduate of Gettysburg College. He earned his Masters of Arts in Sports Administration from San Francisco State in 1992, and received his Doctorate in Education Leadership from Seattle University in 2009.

The  Loggers athletic program fields 23 varsity teams-more than any other NCAA DIII school in the Northwest Conference-and is consistently ranked in the top 15 percent nationally among more than 400 NCAA Division III teams. The Loggers have captured 37 Northwest Conference Championships in the last decade, and earned the Northwest Conference McIlroy-Lewis All Sports Trophy in 2006 and 2007.