LEO WAS A THREE SPORT ATHLETE AT LCHS. PARTICIPATING IN FOOTBALL, TRACK, AND BASEBALL. HE WAS ALL-CONFERENCE MIDDLE LINEBACKER AND CENTER IN FOOTBALL HIS JUNIOR ANDSENIOR YEARS, HONORABLE MENTION AS A SOPHOMORE. THE TIGERS TEAM CAPTAIN HIS SENIOR SEASON, SEITZ AVERAGED 16 TACKLES PER GAME FROM HIS MIDDLE LINEBACKER POSITION. LEO THREW THE SHOT PUT FOR THE TIGERS TRACK & FIELD TEAM ALL FOUR YEARS. HE ALSO WAS THE CATCHER FOR THE ORANGE AND BLACK BASEBALL SQUAD ALL FOUR YEARS. SEITZ WAS A BELIEVER IN WEIGHTLIFTING TO MAKE HIM ABETTER ATHLETE. HE HELPED HALL OF FAME COACH PAT O’NEILL SET UP THE FIRST WEIGHTLIFTING PROGRAM AT LAWRENCEBURG, AND WAS SO WELL-VERSED IN LIFTING, HE TAUGHT HIS FELLOW TIGERS THE PROPER TECHNIQUES. WEIGHTLIFTING IS STILL AN INTEGRAL PART OF NOT ONLY TIGER FOOTBALL, BUT, ALL OF OUR SPORTS, TODAY, AS EVIDENCED BY OUR OUTSTANDING WEIGHT ROOM HERE AT L-H-S.


LEO CONTINUED HIS ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC CAREER AT BALL STATE UNIVERSITY FROM 1962-1965. A FOUR-YEAR STARTER IN FOOTBALL FOR THE CARDINALS, LEO WAS INDUCTED INTO THE BALL STATE ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME IN 2014.

SEITZ HAD PROFESSIONAL CAREERS IN THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, AND THE WRESTLING RING. LEO COMPETED IN POWER LIFTING WELL INTO HIS SIXTIES, CAPTURING SEVERAL FIRST PLACE FINISHES IN BENCH PRESS AND DEADLIFT.AFTER LEAVING FOOTBALL AND WRESTLING, LEO TURNED HIS FOCUS TO COACHING. HE
LEARNED HIS LOVE FOR COACHING FROM HIS HIGH SCHOOL MENTOR, PAT O’NEILL. SEITZ WAS ASTRENGTH COACH IN THE NFL, THE CFL, AND FOR SEVERAL HIGH
SCHOOL FOOTBALL PROGRAMS IN TEXAS.