Richard Ingold is a former Arena Football League (AFL) quarterback

Quarterback

Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

 who played with the Washington Commandos

Washington Commandos

The Washington Commandos were an Arena football team that operated from 1987 to 1990.-Inaugural season :The Washington Commandos were a charter member of the Arena Football League, playing in the initial four-team "demonstration season" of 1987....

, and the Detroit Drive

Massachusetts Marauders

The Massachusetts Marauders was a professional arena football team that played in the Arena Football League in 1994.-Detroit Drive :...

. He holds the all-time record for most career head coach

Head coach

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ing wins in af2

Af2

AF2 was the name of the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same arena football rules and style of play. League seasons ran from April through July with the postseason and ArenaCup...

 history, coaching the Quad City Steamwheelers

Quad City Steamwheelers

The Quad City Steamwheelers were a professional arena football team. They were a charter member of the af2. They play their home games at i wireless Center in Moline, Illinois....

 and, more recently, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers were a minor league arena football team that played in the AF2. The team was part of the East Division in the American conference. The Pioneers were an expansion team for the league's 2002 season, and were the runner-ups in ArenaCup VIII and ArenaCup X.-2001:The...

, who he led to Arena Cup VIII in 2007. His head coaching career also includes a partial season coaching the Dallas Vigilantes

Dallas Vigilantes

The Dallas Vigilantes were an Arena Football League team based in Dallas, Texas. Like its AFL predecessor, the Dallas Desperados, the Vigilantes played at the American Airlines Center. The Vigilantes and the Jacksonville Sharks began play in the 2010 season, the first after the league's...

 of the AFL.

High school

Ingold attended Seton-La Salle Catholic High School

Seton-La Salle Catholic High School

Seton-La Salle Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

 and was a student and a letterman in football

High school football

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 and baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

. In football, he led his team to two W.P.I.A.L. Class AA Championships, and was an All-State selection as a senior. Ingold graduated from Seton LaSalle High School in 1981.

Professional career

Quarterback, Washington Commandos

Washington Commandos

The Washington Commandos were an Arena football team that operated from 1987 to 1990.-Inaugural season :The Washington Commandos were a charter member of the Arena Football League, playing in the initial four-team "demonstration season" of 1987....

, 1987

Quarterback, Detroit Drive, 1988

Offensive Coordinator, Pittsburgh Gladiators, 1989

Head Coach, Quad City Steamwheelers, 2002-2004

Offensive Coordinator, Dallas Desperados

Dallas Desperados

The Dallas Desperados were a professional Arena Football team. The Desperados played in the Southern Division of the now-defunct Arena Football League from 2002 to 2008....

, 2005

Head Coach, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers, 2006-2009

Head Coach, Dallas Vigilantes, 2010

Personal

Ingold is an avid runner, and has competed in both the Pittsburgh and the Quad Cities

Quad Cities

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 marathons. In 2006, Ingold was diagnosed with esophageal cancer

Esophageal cancer

Esophageal cancer is malignancy of the esophagus. There are various subtypes, primarily squamous cell cancer and adenocarcinoma . Squamous cell cancer arises from the cells that line the upper part of the esophagus...

 and missed Pioneers training camp for the 2007 season. Ingold has residencies in both Pittsburgh and Dallas

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

with his wife Kristina and their two children, Alexandra and Richie, Jr.He and Jerry Sandusky worked together at the Second Mile, helping children with their personal problems.