- Don Read
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Not to be confused with Don Reid.
Don Read Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born December 15, 1933 Playing career late 1950s Sacramento State Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1960s
1960s
1966–1967
1968–1971
1974–1976
1977–1980
1981–1985
1986–1995Placer HS (CA) (assistant)
Petaluma HS (CA)
Humboldt State (assistant)
Portland State
Oregon
Oregon Tech
Portland State
MontanaAdministrative career (AD unless noted) 2003–2005 Montana Head coaching record Overall 154–127–1 (college)
19–5–2 (high school)Tournaments 8–4 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 1 NCAA Division I-AA National (1995)
1 Western Football (1984)
2 Big Sky (1993, 1995)Awards AFCA Division I-AA COY (1995) Don Read (born December 15, 1933) is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Portland State University (1968–1971, 1981–1985), the University of Oregon (1974–1976), the Oregon Institute of Technology (1977–1980), and the University of Montana (1986–1995), compiling a career college football record of 154–127–1. From 1968 to 1971 and from 1981 to 1985, he led the Portland State Vikings to a 39–52–1 record. From 1974 to 1976, he guided the Oregon Ducks to a 9–24 record with a 3–18 mark in conference. His best success came at Montana, where he went 85–36, including three 11-win seasons and an NCAA Division I-AA National Championship in his final year of coaching, 1995. Read currently resides in Corvallis, Oregon, where he participates in scouting and game planning for the Oregon State Beavers.
Head coaching record
College
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Portland State Vikings (NCAA Small College Independent) (1968–1971) 1968 Portland State 4–6 1969 Portland State 6–4 1970 Portland State 6–4 1971 Portland State 4–5 Portland State: 20–19 Oregon Ducks (Pacific-8 Conference) (1974–1976) 1974 Oregon 2–9 0–7 8th 1975 Oregon 3–8 2–5 6th 1976 Oregon 4–7 1–6 T–7th Oregon: 9–24 3–18 Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls () (1977–1980) 1977 Oregon Tech 2–7 1978 Oregon Tech 5–4 1979 Oregon Tech 7–2 1980 Oregon Tech 7–2 Oregon Tech: 21–15 Portland State Vikings (NCAA Division II Independent) (1981) 1981 Portland State 2–9 Portland State Vikings (Western Football Conference) (1982–1985) 1982 Portland State 2–9 0–4 5th 1983 Portland State 3–7 1–2 T–3rd 1984 Portland State 8–3 3–0 1st 1985 Portland State 4–5–1 2–2–1 3rd Portland State: 19–33–1 6–8–1 Montana Grizzlies (Big Sky Conference) (1986–1995) 1986 Montana 6–4 4–4 4th 1987 Montana 6–5 5–3 3rd 1988 Montana 8–4 6–2 2nd L NCAA Division I-AA First Round 1989 Montana 11–3 7–1 2nd L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal 1990 Montana 7–4 4–4 4th 1991 Montana 7–4 6–2 T–2nd 1992 Montana 6–5 4–3 T–3rd 1993 Montana 10–2 7–0 1st L NCAA Division I-AA First Round 1994 Montana 11–3 5–2 T–2nd L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal 1995 Montana 13–2 6–1 1st W NCAA Division I-AA Championship Montana: 85–36 54–22 Total: 154–127–1 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title External links
Portland State Vikings head football coaches Joe Holland (1947–1954) • Ralph Davis (1955–1956) • Les Leggett (1957–1958) • Hugh Smithwick (1959–1961) • Tom DeSylvia (1962) • Jerry Lyons (1963–1967) • Don Read (1968–1971) • Ron Stratten (1972–1974) • Mouse Davis (1975–1980) • Don Read (1981–1985) • Pokey Allen (1986–1992) • Tim Walsh (1993–2006) • Jerry Glanville (2007–2009) • Nigel Burton (2010– )
Oregon Ducks head football coaches Cal Young & J. A. Church (1894) • Percy Benson (1895) • J. F. Frick (1896) • Joe Smith (1897) • Frank Simpson (1898–1899) • Lawrence Kaarsberg (1900) • Warren W. Smith (1901) • Marion Dolph (1902) • Warren W. Smith (1903) • R. S. Smith (1904) • Bruce Shorts (1905) • Hugo Bezdek (1906) • Gordon Frost (1907) • Robert Forbes (1908–1909) • Bill Warner (1910–1911) • Louis Pinkham (1912) • Hugo Bezdek (1913–1917) • Charles A. Huntington (1918–1923) • Joe Maddock (1924) • Richard Smith (1925) • John McEwan (1926–1929) • Clarence Spears (1930–1931) • Prink Callison (1932–1937) • Tex Oliver (1938–1941) • John A. Warren (1942) • No team (1943–1944) • Tex Oliver (1945–1946) • Jim Aiken (1947–1950) • Len Casanova (1951–1966) • Jerry Frei (1967–1971) • Dick Enright (1972–1973) • Don Read (1974–1976) • Rich Brooks (1977–1994) • Mike Bellotti (1995–2008) • Chip Kelly (2009– )
Montana Grizzlies head football coaches Fred D. Smith (1897) • F. B. Searight (1898) • Guy Cleveland (1899) • Frank Bean (1900–1901) • Dewitt Peck (1902) • H. B. Conibear (1903–1904) • F. W. Schule (1905–1906) • Albion Findlay (1907) • Roy White (1908–1909) • Robert H. Cary (1910–1911) • Wallace C. Philoon (1912) • A. G. Heilman (1913–1914) • Jerry Nissen (1915–1917) • No team (1918) • Bernie Bierman (1919–1921) • J. W. Stewart (1922–1923) • Click Clark (1924–1925) • Frank W. Milburn (1926–1930) • Bunny Oakes (1931–1934) • Doug Fessenden (1935–1941) • Clyde Carpenter (1942) • No team (1943–1944) • Jiggs Dahlberg (1945) • Doug Fessenden (1946–1948) • Ted Shipkey (1949–1951) • Ed Chinske (1952–1954) • Jerry Williams (1955–1957) • Ray Jenkins (1958–1963) • Hugh Davidson (1964–1966) • Jack Swarthout (1967–1975) • Gene Carlson (1976–1979) • Larry Donovan (1980–1985) • Don Read (1986–1995) • Mick Dennehy (1996–1999) • Joe Glenn (2000–2002) • Bobby Hauck (2003–2009) • Robin Pflugrad (2010–)
AFCA Division I FCS Coach of the Year winners 1983: Dempsey | 1984: Arnold | 1985: Sheridan | 1986: Russell | 1987: Duffner | 1988: Satterfield | 1989: Russell | 1990: Stowers | 1991: Tressel | 1992: Taaffe | 1993: Allen | 1994: Tressel | 1995: Read | 1996: Tellier | 1997: Talley | 1998: Whipple | 1999: P. Johnson | 2000: P. Johnson | 2001: B. Johnson | 2002: Harbaugh | 2003: Biddle | 2004: Matthews | 2005: Moore | 2006: Moore | 2007: Moore | 2008: London | 2009: Talley | 2010: Keeler
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