Don Lawrence (American football)

Don Lawrence
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1937-06-04) June 4, 1937 Cleveland, Ohio
Alma mater	Notre Dame
Playing career
1959–1961	Washington Redskins
Position(s)	Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1964–1965	Kansas State (assistant)
1966	Cincinnati (assistant)
1967–1970	Virginia (DC)
1971–1973	Virginia
1974–1975	TCU (DC)
1976–1977	Missouri (assistant)
1978–1979	BC Lions (OL)
1980	Kansas City Chiefs (ST)
1981–1982	Kansas City Chiefs (DL)
1983–1984	Buffalo Bills (DC/DL)
1985–1986	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (DL)
1987–1988	Kansas City Chiefs (DL)
1989	Winnipeg Blue Bombers (OL)
1990–1997	Buffalo Bills (TE)
2000	Arizona Cardinals (TE)
2002–2003	Frankfurt Galaxy (OL)
2005	Amsterdam Admirals (OL)
2006	Cologne Centurions (assistant)
2007	Berlin Thunder (OC/OL)
2011–2012	Omaha Nighthawks (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	11–22
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Donald Jerome Lawrence (born June 4, 1937) is the former American football offensive coordinator for the Berlin Thunder in NFL Europa. He won two World Bowl rings with the Amsterdam Admirals and Frankfurt Galaxy. As the tight ends coach from 1990 to 1993, he took the Buffalo Bills to four consecutive Super Bowls. He coached at Notre Dame, Kansas State, Cincinnati, Texas Christian, and Missouri.

Lawrence served as the head football coach at the University of Virginia. He played college football at Notre Dame. He played three seasons in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins.

During his 45-year coaching career Coach Lawrence is unique in having coached in four straight Super Bowls (NFL) and four straight World Bowls (NFLE).

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Virginia Cavaliers (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1971–1973)
1971	Virginia	3–8	2–3	T–3rd
1972	Virginia	4–7	1–5	T–6th
1973	Virginia	4–7	3–3	4th
Virginia:		11–22	6–11
Total:		11–22

References

External links

Don Lawrence at the College Football Data Warehouse

Virginia Cavaliers head football coaches

No coach (1888–1892)
Johnny Poe (1893–1894)
Harry Arista Mackey (1895)
Martin V. Bergen (1896–1897)
Joseph Massie (1898)
Archie Hoxton (1899–1900)
Westley Abbott (1901)
John de Saulles (1902)
Gresham Poe (1903)
George Sanford (1904)
William C. "King" Cole (1905–1906)
Hammond Johnson (1907)
Merritt Cooke, Jr. (1908)
John Neff (1909)
Charles B. Crawford (1910)
Kemper Yancey (1911)
John S. Elliott (1912)
W. Rice Warren (1913)
Joseph M. Wood (1914)
Harry Varner (1915)
Peyton Evans (1916)
Harris Coleman (1919)
W. Rice Warren (1920–1921)
Thomas J. Campbell (1922)
Greasy Neale (1923–1928)
Earl Abell (1929–1930)
Fred Dawson (1931–1933)
Gus Tebell (1934–1936)
Frank Murray (1937–1945)
Arthur Guepe (1946–1952)
Ned McDonald (1953–1955)
Ben Martin (1956–1957)
Dick Voris (1958–1960)
Bill Elias (1961–1964)
George Blackburn (1965–1970)
Don Lawrence (1971–1973)
Sonny Randle (1974–1975)
Dick Bestwick (1976–1981)
George Welsh (1982–2000)
Al Groh (2001–2009)
Mike London (2010–2015)
Bronco Mendenhall (2016– )

Washington Redskins 1959 NFL Draft selections

Don Allard Emil Karas Jim Wood Bob Wetoska Jim McFalls Don Lawrence Mitch Ogiego Jim Kenney Gene O'Pella Dick Haley Ron Togh Gerry Marciniak Roger Wypyszynski Bill Shoemake Kurt Schwarz Fred Hood Dick Splain Jim Healy Joe Kapp Bobby Lauder Homer Brewer Mel Reight Art Gob Clarence Alexander George Darrah Bob Sargent Gene Grabosky Norm Odyniec Billy Austin Don Lockwood Jim Colclough

Draft years 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1950 AAFC 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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