Larry Fedora

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Title = Head Coach
College = Southern Miss
Conference = Conference USA
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1962|9|10
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Contract = $650,000 [http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071213/NEWS01/712130314/1002 "Hattiesburg American:" Incentives may push salary near $900K] ]
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CoachTeams = Austin College (GA)
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Air Force (QB/WR coach)
Middle Tennessee (OC)
Florida (OC)
Oklahoma State (OC)
Southern Miss
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Larry Fedora (born birth date|1962|9|10) is an American football coach. He serves as head football coach at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Coaching career

Fedora played wide receiver at Austin College before starting his coaching career as a graduate assistant there in 1986. He spent four seasons as head coach at Garland High School, a powerhouse in Texas high school football, but then returned to the collegiate ranks, coaching tight ends, wide receivers and running backs for six seasons (1991-96) at Baylor. Fedora moved on to coach the passing game and receivers at United States Air Force Academy from 1997-98, before he became offensive coordinator at Middle Tennessee State University in 1999. In 2002, he was hired by Ron Zook to join his coaching staff at the University of Florida. Fedora served as run game coordinator in 2002, perimeter game coordinator in 2003 and offensive coordinator in 2004. During those three seasons, Fedora also coached the running backs and receivers.

In 2005, Fedora joined Mike Gundy's staff at Oklahoma State. His brother, Lee Fedora, serves as head coach at Navasota High School. His other brothers John Fedora and Bruce Fedora live in College Station and Austin.

As one of the most prolific offensive strategists in college football, Fedora drew several assistant coaching offers from top-tier schools including LSU and Alabama as well as some head coaching offers including Rice and Air Force. [http://www.newsok.com/article/3168897/ NewsOK.com: Fedora has chance to advance] ] Earning $393,000 a year at Oklahoma State, Fedora was one of the top paid offensive coordinators in the country. In November 2007, Fedora was rumored to be a candidate for the then-vacant head coaching job at Baylor University, that eventually went to Art Briles. [ [http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=305741 The Sporting News: Coaching Carousel: Baylor job could open soon] ] Fedora spent six seasons as an assistant at Baylor earlier in his career.

outhern Miss

On December 11, 2007, Fedora was named the new head coach of Southern Miss, replacing outgoing Jeff Bower. [cite news | title=It's Official Now, Fedora to Southern Miss | first=Robert | last=Allen | url=http://oklahomastate.scout.com/2/710523.html | accessdate=2007-12-12 | date=2007-12-11 | publisher=Scout.com ] He signed a four-year contract with a $650,000 base salary, but incentives in the contract could bring the contract close to $900,000.

Fedora opened his first season as head coach at Southern Miss with a 51-21 drubbing of Louisiana–Lafayette, in which the Golden Eagles broke the school record for total yards in a single game with 633.

College coaching record

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startyear = 2008
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endyear = CFB Yearly Record Entry
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