Larry Smith (football)
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| Larry Smith | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| Sport | American football | |
| Born | September 12, 1939 | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 143-126-7 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
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| Playing career | ||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1976-1979 1980-1986 1987-1992 1994-2000 |
Tulane University University of Arizona USC University of Missouri |
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Larry Smith (born September 12, 1939) is a former college football head coach at Tulane University (1976-1979), the University of Arizona (1980-1986), the University of Southern California (1987-1992), and the University of Missouri (1994-2000). At USC, his teams won three consecutive Pacific Ten Conference titles from 1987-1989, and won the 1990 Rose Bowl over Michigan. During his tenure at Missouri, the team compiled a 33-46-1 record. In 1997 and 1998, the school participated in back-to-back bowl games for the first time since Warren Powers' tenure. Smith attended Bowling Green State University.
Smith works as a commentator for Arizona football games on Fox Sports Net, and organizes weekend instructional camps twice annually. He resides in Tucson, Arizona with his wife Cheryl. He was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in 1999.[1]
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| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Tulane (Southeastern Conference) (1976 – 1979) | |||||||||
| 1976 | Tulane | 2-9-0 | |||||||
| 1977 | Tulane | 3-8-0 | |||||||
| 1978 | Tulane | 4-7-0 | |||||||
| 1979 | Tulane | 9-3-0 | L Liberty | ||||||
| Tulane: | 18-27-0 | ||||||||
| Arizona (Independent) (1980 – 1986) | |||||||||
| 1980 | Arizona | 5-6-0 | |||||||
| 1981 | Arizona | 6-5-0 | |||||||
| 1982 | Arizona | 6-4-1 | |||||||
| 1983 | Arizona | 7-3-1 | |||||||
| 1984 | Arizona | 7-4-0 | |||||||
| 1985 | Arizona | 8-3-1 | L Sun | ||||||
| 1986 | Arizona | 9-3-0 | W Aloha | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Arizona: | 48-28-3 | ||||||||
| USC (Pacific 10 Conference) (1987 – 1992) | |||||||||
| 1987 | USC | 8-4-0 | 1st | L Rose † | 17 | 18 | |||
| 1988 | USC | 10-2-0 | 1st | L Rose † | 7 | 7 | |||
| 1989 | USC | 9-2-1 | 1st | W Rose † | 7 | 8 | |||
| 1990 | USC | 8-4-1 | L John Hancock | 22 | 20 | ||||
| 1991 | USC | 3-8-0 | |||||||
| 1992 | USC | 6-5-1 | L Freedom | ||||||
| USC: | 44-25-3 | ||||||||
| Missouri (Big 12 Conference) (1994 – 2000) | |||||||||
| 1994 | Missouri | 3-8-1 | |||||||
| 1995 | Missouri | 3-8-0 | |||||||
| 1996 | Missouri | 5-6-0 | |||||||
| 1997 | Missouri | 7-5-0 | L Holiday | 23 | 23 | ||||
| 1998 | Missouri | 8-4-0 | W Insight.com | 25 | 21 | ||||
| 1999 | Missouri | 4-7-0 | |||||||
| 2000 | Missouri | 3-8-0 | |||||||
| Missouri: | 33-46-1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 143-126-7 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. | |||||||||
- Assistant football coach, freshman basketball coach, junior high track coach, Lima Shawnee High School, Lima, Ohio, 1962-1963
- Head football coach, Lima Shawnee High School, 1964-1966
- Outside linebacker coach, Miami (OH) University, 1967-1968
- Offensive line coach, University of Michigan, 1969-1972
- Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator, linebacker coach, University of Arizona, 1973-1976
| Preceded by Tony Mason |
University of Arizona Head Football Coach 1980-1986 |
Succeeded by Dick Tomey |
| Preceded by Ted Tollner |
University of Southern California Head Football Coach 1987–1992 |
Succeeded by John Robinson |
| Preceded by Bob Stull |
University of Missouri Head Football Coach 1994–2000 |
Succeeded by Gary Pinkel |
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| Bayne • Sweet • Baum • Lombard • Collier • Summersgill • Dabney • Eshleman • Berry • Tobin • Russ • Curtis • Brown • Mason • Hoffman • Sweetland • Shaughnessy • Fuller • Bierman • Cox • Dawson • Simons • Frnka • Wolf • Pilney • O'Boyle • Pittman • Ellender • Smith • Gibson • English • Brown • Davis • Teevens • Bowden • Scelfo • Toledo |
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| Forbes • Skinner • Gilette • Kates • Ruthrauff • Galbraith • Shipp • Quigley • King • McKale • Enke • Farwick • Oliver • Landreth • Miles W. Casteel • Winslow • Woodson • Doherty • LaRue • Mudra • Weber • Young • Mason • Smith • Tomey • Mackovic • Hankwitz • Stoops |
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| Goddard • Suffel • Freeman • Tappaan • Walker • Holmes • Traeger • Cromwell • Glaze • Henderson • Jones • Barry • Cravath • Hill • Clark • McKay • Robinson • Tollner • Smith • Hackett • Carroll |
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| McRae • Reid • Robinson • Patterson • Young • Fultz • Murphy • O'Dea • McLean • Monilaw • Roper • Brewer • Schulte • Phelan • Kelly • Henry • Carideo • Faurot • Simpson • Broyles • Devine • Onofrio • Powers • Widenhofer • Stull • Smith • Pinkel |