Lombardi attended Rich East High School in his hometown of Park Forest, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago, graduating in 1980.
Eastern Michigan athletic director Dave Diles Jr. fired Rasnick on November 16, and named Lombardi as the interim head coach, to serve for the final game of the season.
[8] After three seasons at Hinsdale Central, Lombardi was fired for using harsh language in front of players and assistant coaches.
In 2013 following the baseball season, Lombardi resigned as Head Football and Baseball Coach and moved to West Des Moines to go into Medical Sales, following an out-of-court settlement with the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners resulting in temporary suspension of his teaching license and coaching certificate.
[10] His oldest son Rocky was a three-star Quarterback recruit in the Class of 2017[11] and would commit to Michigan State, where he was three-year letterwinner and would start 9 games for the Spartans before transferring to Northern Illinois in 2021.