Larry Lacewell
Larry Lacewell | |
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Sport(s) | Football |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Fordyce, Arkansas | February 12, 1937
Playing career | |
1955β1958 | Arkansas A&M |
Position(s) | Halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1959 1960β1961 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970β1972 1973β1977 1978 1979β1989 1990β1991 |
Alabama (GA) Arkansas State (assistant) Kilgore JC (assistant) Oklahoma (freshmen) Wichita State (assistant) Iowa State (def. assistant) Oklahoma (DE) Oklahoma (DC) Oklahoma (AHC/DC) Arkansas State (volunteer) Arkansas State Tennessee (DC) |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1979β1990 1992β2004 |
Arkansas State Dallas Cowboys (scout) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 69β58β4 |
Tournaments | 6β4 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
Statistics | |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships
2 Southland (1985β1986) |
Larry Lacewell (born February 12, 1937) is a former American football player, coach, scout, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Arkansas State University from 1979 to 1989, compiling a record of 69β58β4. Lacewell was later the longtime director of scouting for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.
Lacewell began his coaching career as a graduate assistant for Bear Bryant at the University of Alabama. He coached at Arkansas State, Arkansas A&M, Kilgore Junior College (which won NJCAA National Football Championship during his tenure), Wichita State and Iowa State, before becoming defensive coordinator at Oklahoma in 1970. Lacewell became assistant head coach under Barry Switzer in 1973, and the teams won two national championships in the ensuing years.
Lacewell is the winningest coach in ASU history and led the team to four consecutive appearances in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs, with the 1986 team making it all the way to the championship game before losing to Georgia Southern.[1]
In 1990, Lacewell left ASU to become defensive coordinator for the Tennessee Volunteers. In 1992, he joined the Dallas Cowboys organization, eventually serving 13 seasons on staff as director of both college and professional scouting. Lacewell retired from the Cowboys after the 2004 season.[2]
Lacewell currently resides in Jonesboro, Arkansas, with his wife, Criss.
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NCAA# | |||
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Arkansas State Indians (Southland Conference) (1979β1986) | |||||||||
1979 | Arkansas State | 4β7 | 1β4 | Tβ4th | |||||
1980 | Arkansas State | 2β9 | 0β5 | 6th | |||||
1981 | Arkansas State | 6β5 | 3β2 | 3rd | |||||
1982 | Arkansas State | 5β6 | 2β3 | Tβ3rd | |||||
1983 | Arkansas State | 5β5β1 | 3β3 | Tβ3rd | |||||
1984 | Arkansas State | 8β4β1 | 4β1β1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division I-AA Second Round | 10 | |||
1985 | Arkansas State | 9β4 | 5β1 | 1st | L NCAA Division I-AA Second Round | 6 | |||
1986 | Arkansas State | 12β2β1 | 5β0 | 1st | L NCAA Division I-AA Championship | 2 | |||
Arkansas State Indians (NCAA Division I-AA Independent) (1987β1989) | |||||||||
1987 | Arkansas State | 8β4β1 | L NCAA Division I-AA Second Round | 12 | |||||
1988 | Arkansas State | 5β6 | |||||||
1989 | Arkansas State | 5β6 | |||||||
Arkansas State: | 69β58β4 | 22β19β1 | |||||||
Total: | 69β58β4 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
#NCAA Division I-AA Poll. |
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