- Gordon K. Larson
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Gordon K. Larson 
Sport(s) Football, basketball Biographical details Born June 15, 1924 Place of birth Akron, Ohio Died June 12, 2005 (aged 80) Place of death The Villages, Florida Playing career Basketball
1942–1943
Bowling GreenCoaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1950s
1959–1960
1961–1972
Twinsburg (OH)
Ohio State (assistant)
AkronAdministrative career (AD unless noted) 1970–? Akron Head coaching record Overall 74–33–5 (college) Bowls 0–1 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Gordon K. Larson (June 15, 1924 – June 12, 2005) was a basketball player, American football coach, and college athletics administrator in Ohio. He served as the head coach at the University of Akron from 1961 to 1972, compiling a record of 74–33–5. Larson's 74 wins are second most in the history of the Akron Zips football program, trailing only the 80 tallied by his assistant and successor, Jim Dennison. Larson died at the age of 80 on June 12, 2005 at his home in The Villages, Florida.[1]
Contents
Head coaching record
College
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Akron Zips (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1961–1965) 1961 Akron 6–2 6–1 2nd 1962 Akron 7–2 7–1 2nd 1963 Akron 6–3 5–2 5th 1964 Akron 6–3 4–3 T–4th 1965 Akron 5–3–1 4–1 T–2nd Akron Zips (Independent) (1966–1972) 1966 Akron 6–3 1967 Akron 4–4–1 1968 Akron 7–3–1 L Grantland Rice 1969 Akron 9–1 1970 Akron 7–3 1971 Akron 8–2 1972 Akron 3–4–2 Akron: 74–33–5 26–8 Total: 74–33–5 References
- ^ "Former Akron coach Gordon Larson dies". The Vindicator. June 14, 2005. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cqhIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n4EMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2323,2948391. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
External links
Akron Zips head football coaches No coach (1891) • Frank Cook (1892) • John Heisman (1893–1894) • No coach (1895) • Harry Wilson (1896) • No team (1897–1898) • Archie Eves (1899) • No coach (1900) • No team (1901) • Forest Firestone (1902) • Alfred W. Place (1903) • No team (1904–1907) • Dwight Bradley (1908) • Clarence Weed (1909) • Frank Haggerty (1910–1914) • Fred Sefton (1915–1923) • James W. Coleman (1924–1925) • George Babcock (1926) • Red Blair (1927–1935) • Jim Aiken (1936–1938) • Thomas Dowler (1939–1940) • Otis Douglas (1941–1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Paul Baldacci (1946–1947) • William Houghton (1948–1951) • Kenneth Cochrane (1952–1953) • Joe McMullen (1954–1960) • Gordon K. Larson (1961–1972) • Jim Dennison (1973–1985) • Gerry Faust (1986–1994) • Lee Owens (1995–2003) • J. D. Brookhart (2004–2009) • Rob Ianello (2010– )
Categories:- 1924 births
- 2005 deaths
- Akron Zips athletic directors
- Akron Zips football coaches
- Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball players
- Ohio State Buckeyes football coaches
- High school football coaches in the United States
- Kent State University alumni
- American military personnel of World War II
- United States Navy sailors
- People from Akron, Ohio
- Basketball players from Ohio
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1960s stubs
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