Glenn Joseph "Jake" Lawlor (July 27, 1907 – July 11, 1980) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Nevada, Reno from 1952 to 1954, compiling a record of 6–10. Lawlor was also the head basketball coach at Nevada in 1942–43 and again from 1945 to 1959, amassing a record of 204–156. He was Nevada's head baseball coach from 1957 to 1960 and the school's athletic director from 1951 to 1969.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 27, 1907 Victor, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | July 11, 1980 (aged 72) Reno, Nevada, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1926–1929 | Nevada |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1952–1954 | Nevada |
| Basketball | |
| 1942–1943 | Nevada |
| 1945–1959 | Nevada |
| Baseball | |
| 1957–1960 | Nevada |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1951–1969 | Nevada |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 6–10 (football) 204–156 (basketball) |
Lawlor died on July 11, 1980, at the age of 72, following treatment at St. Mary's Hospital in Reno for cancer.[1] Opened in 1983, Lawlor Events Center on the University of Nevada, Reno campus, is named for him.[2]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada Wolf Pack (Independent) (1952–1953) | |||||||||
| 1952 | Nevada | 2–2 | |||||||
| 1953 | Nevada | 2–3 | |||||||
| Nevada Wolf Pack (Far Western Conference) (1954) | |||||||||
| 1954 | Nevada | 2–5 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| Nevada: | 6–10 | 2–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 6–10 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Former coach dies". The Bryan Times. Bryan, Ohio. United Press International. July 12, 1980. p. 9. Retrieved April 20, 2016 – via Google News.
- ^ "Lawlor Events Center". Nevada Wolf Pack Athletics. Retrieved December 11, 2021.