Bob Landsee

Robert John Landsee (March 21, 1964 – January 20, 2024) was an American professional football player and coach. He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers and was selected in the sixth round of the 1986 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, where he played as a center and guard for parts of three seasons. He later served as head coach and owner of the Milwaukee Mustangs of the Arena Football League (AFL).

Playing career Landsee earned All-State honors in both football and basketball at Iron Mountain High School.

At Wisconsin playing for coach Dave McClain from 1982 to 1985, he earned All-American and All-Big Ten honors. Landsee helped lead the 1984 Badgers team to the Hall of Fame Bowl, and 16 players from that team went onto play in the NFL, including three first-round draft picks: Al Toon, Richard Johnson, and Darryl Sims.

Landsee was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round of the 1986 NFL draft. He started 33 games in three seasons with the Eagles, from 1986 to 1988. In a 1986 game, he had the distinction of snapping the ball to three different quarterbacks on the same series: Ron Jaworski, Matt Cavanaugh, and Randall Cunningham, and in 1988 he played in the legendary Fog Bowl against the Chicago Bears.

His career was plagued with injuries. He blew out his knee in 1984 in the sixth Badgers game of the season against first-place Illinois.

He was inducted into the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.

Milwaukee Mustangs Landsee was the offensive line coach for the Milwaukee Mustangs of the Arena Football League (AFL) from 1999–2001.

Jacksonville Sharks Landsee had been serving as the line coach of the Jacksonville Sharks of the AFL when he was named the interim head coach of the team after former head coach Les Moss was fired with two games to go in the 2016 season.

AFL head coaching record Team Year Regular season PostseasonWonLostWin %Finish Won Lost Win % Result MIL 11 5 1st in NC Midwest 1 1 .500 MIL 7 11 3rd in AC East 0 0 .000 – MIL 5 13 3rd in AC East 0 0 .000 – MIL total 23 29 1 1 JAX 2 0 3rd in AC 1 1 .500 Total 25 29 2 2

Personal life and death Landsee was born in West Allis, Wis., and grew up in Iron Mountain, Mich. He married Sharon Dollins, a former University of Wisconsin–Madison track star, on March 21, 1987, and they had two daughters: Sara and Melissa.

In 1991, he started an energy efficient lighting business based in Middleton, Wis., called Watt Savers Inc., in which he installed new lighting for 78 school systems across Wisconsin. He sold the business in 1992. Later, Landsee became the majority owner of 31 Taco Bell locations.

In 1993, he suffered a brain aneurysm.