Larry Beightol

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Larry Beightol (born November 21, 1942, in Morrisdale, Pennsylvania) is an American football coach. Beightol's distinguished coaching career began in 1968 at the College of William and Mary, where he served as offensive line coach until 1971. From there, Beightol moved on to coach at North Carolina State, Auburn, the University of Arkansas, the University of Missouri, and Louisiana Tech (where he spent the 1979 season as head coach). In 1985, Beightol began his NFL coaching career, where he led the offensive lines for the Atlanta Falcons, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Diego Chargers, New York Jets, Houston Oilers, and Miami Dolphins before joining the Green Bay Packers as offensive line coach in 1999 under Head Coach Ray Rhodes. When Mike Sherman became the Packers coach in 2000, Beightol was one of the few assistant coaches he retained from the previous coaching regime.

Beightol played high school football at West Branch High School and college football at Catawba College. He has also been inducted into both the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame (Western Division), and the Catawba College Hall of Fame.

In early 2006, Sherman was fired by the Packers after a disappointing 4-12 season. The new head coach, Mike McCarthy, released much of the coaching staff after he was hired, including Beightol. He was hired in late January 2006 by the Detroit Lions and new head coach Rod Marinelli to coach the Lions' offensive line.

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Head Football Coaches
Barber • Singleton • Pierce • Bragg • Young • Watkins • Cornell • Prince •Flack • Pugh • Clark • Dietz • Arbuckle • Kenney • Wilson • Rockwell • Bohler • McLane • Davis • Aillet • Lambright • Beightol • Patterson • Brewer • Williams • Torbush • Peace • Crowton • Bicknell