hapless

[c.1568, from O.N. 'happ', chance, good luck, from P.Gmc. '*khapan' (source of O.E. 'gehæp' convenient, fit). Meaning good fortune is from c.1225.]

adj.
1. unlucky; luckless; unfortunate.
2. deserving or inciting pity.

"The hapless Marty Schottenheimer has once again failed to reach the Super Bowl."