27 Facts About Larry Donovan

Larry Donovan served as head football coach at the University of Montana from 1980 to 1985 and as head coach for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League from 1987 to 1989.

Larry Donovan was born in Casper, Wyoming, on March 31,1941.

Larry Donovan grew up with one sibling, sister Jean Ingrum, born in California.

Larry Donovan was an active youth, helping relatives with farm work as a boy.

Larry Donovan participated in other sports, including Golden Gloves, baseball, and basketball.

Larry Donovan attended Scottsbluff High School where he lettered in football, basketball, and track.

Larry Donovan set a state record for a 13-foot pole vault in 1959 when he won a gold medal as an elite athlete in the country for his age group.

Outside athletics, Larry Donovan served as Vice President of the Student Council in his senior year.

Larry Donovan started three of four eligible years, sitting his junior year due to an injury.

The Cornhuskers made it to the Gotham Bowl in 1962, the same year Larry Donovan was voted Most Eligible Bachelor.

Larry Donovan ran track for the university, lettering both as a football player and pole vaulter.

Larry Donovan pledged Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and became VP of the organization and was president of the N-Club.

Larry Donovan graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1964 with a Bachelor of Education.

Larry Donovan had a Masters in educational administration +30 from the University of South Dakota.

Larry Donovan began his military career when he joined the ROTC in college.

Larry Donovan served two years of active duty in Oklahoma and Korea.

When he was coaching in South Dakota, Larry Donovan served with the National Guard.

Larry Donovan served as an assistant at South Dakota, Washington State, Iowa, and Kansas before becoming Montana's head coach on December 15,1979.

Larry Donovan led the Grizzlies to the Big Sky Conference Championship in 1982.

Larry Donovan believed that he had been unjustly fired and blamed the antiquated Dornblaser Field for his lack of success in recruiting.

Larry Donovan's next coaching job was in the CFL as the defensive line coach for the BC Lions.

On October 30,1987, head coach Don Matthews was fired and Larry Donovan was named interim head coach.

Larry Donovan was an assistant coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1990 and 1991.

Larry Donovan traveled to Japan to coach the Japanese X League Hurricanes sponsored by Hitachi Limited and Renesas Technologies from 1992 until 2007.

Larry Donovan was a training camp coach and consultant for the Asahi Beverage Challengers in Osaka, Japan in 2010.

In 1966, Larry Donovan married college sweetheart Georgia Merriam in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Larry Donovan earned a BS from the University of Nebraska and went on to get an MA from the University of Iowa.