Pete Lembo
Lembo with South Carolina in 2021 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Buffalo |
| Conference | MAC |
| Record | 9–4 |
| Annual salary | $790,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 16, 1970 |
| Playing career | |
| 1988–1991 | Georgetown |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1992–1993 | Albany (GA) |
| 1994–1996 | Dartmouth (TE) |
| 1997 | Hampden–Sydney (OC/OL/RC) |
| 1998–2000 | Lehigh (AHC/OL/RC) |
| 2001–2005 | Lehigh |
| 2006–2010 | Elon |
| 2011–2015 | Ball State |
| 2016–2017 | Maryland (AHC/ST/TE) |
| 2018 | Rice (AHC/ST) |
| 2019–2020 | Memphis (AHC/ST) |
| 2021–2023 | South Carolina (AHC/ST) |
| 2024–present | Buffalo |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 121–69 |
| Bowls | 1–2 |
| Tournaments | 1–3 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 Patriot (2001, 2004) | |
| Awards | |
| Eddie Robinson Award (2001) Patriot League Coach of the Year (2001) SoCon Coach of the Year (2007) Broyles Award Nominee (2019), Semi-Finalist (2022) | |
Peter Lembo (born April 16, 1970) is an American college football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at the University at Buffalo, where he led the Bulls to a record number of victories in his first season as head coach. Previously, he was the special teams coordinator at the University of South Carolina, where, in 2022, he oversaw the highest rated special teams unit in college football. Lembo has enjoyed success in each of his four stops as a head coach, leading each program to at least nine wins and post season appearances. He has accumulated a 121-69 career record over a 16-year period. His 79–36 record in ten seasons at the FCS level makes him one of the winningest coaches in the history of that classification.