Gordon K. Larson
American football coach, college athletics administrator
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| Intro | American football coach, college athletics administrator | |||
| Places | United States of America | |||
| was | Athlete Basketball player | |||
| Work field | Sports | |||
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| Birth | 15 June 1924, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, USA | |||
| Death | 12 June 2005The Villages, Sumter County, Florida, USA (aged 81 years) | |||
| Star sign | Gemini | |||
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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.
Head coaching record
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| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Akron Zips (Ohio Athletic Conference) | |||||||||
| 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 (NCAA College Division independent) | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||