Al Lavan Explained

Al Lavan
Birth Date:13 September 1946
Birth Place:Pierce, Florida, U.S.
Death Place:Adams County, Colorado, U.S.
Player Years1:1964–1967
Player Team1:Colorado State
Player Years2:1969–1970
Player Team2:Atlanta Falcons
Player Positions:Defensive back
Coach Years1:1972
Coach Team1:Colorado State (WR/TE)
Coach Years2:1973
Coach Team2:Louisville (assistant)
Coach Years3:1974
Coach Team3:Iowa State (assistant)
Coach Years4:1975–1976
Coach Team4:Atlanta Falcons (DB)
Coach Years5:1977
Coach Team5:Georgia Tech (WR)
Coach Years6:1978
Coach Team6:Georgia Tech (RB)
Coach Years7:1979
Coach Team7:Stanford (RB)
Coach Years8:1980–1988
Coach Team8:Dallas Cowboys (RB)
Coach Years9:1989–1990
Coach Team9:San Francisco 49ers (RB)
Coach Years10:1991–1995
Coach Team10:Washington (RB)
Coach Years11:1996–1998
Coach Team11:Baltimore Ravens (RB)
Coach Years12:1999–2000
Coach Team12:Kansas City Chiefs (RB)
Coach Years13:2001–2003
Coach Team13:Eastern Michigan (RB)
Coach Years14:2003
Coach Team14:Eastern Michigan (interim HC)
Coach Years15:2004–2010
Coach Team15:Delaware State
Overall Record:43–38
Tournament Record:0–1 (NCAA D-I FCS playoffs)
Championships:1 MEAC (2007)

Alton Lavan (September 13, 1946 – April 23, 2018) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Delaware State University from 2004 to 2010. Lavan was also as the interim head football coach at Eastern Michigan University for the final three games of the 2003 season, after replacing Jeff Woodruff.[1] He played college football at Colorado State University and professionally with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).[2]

Raised in Newark, New Jersey, Lavan played prep football at South Side High School, which has since be renamed as Malcolm X Shabazz High School.[3]

As a longtime running backs coach, he coached the following players throughout his various tenures: Tony Dorsett, Herschel Walker, Eddie Lee Ivery, Drew Hill, Bam Morris, Earnest Byner, Leroy Hoard, Priest Holmes, Napoleon Kaufman, Errict Rhett, Roosevelt Potts, Donnell Bennett, Tony Richardson, and Kimble Anders.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eastern Michigan fires football coach Jeff Woodruff . November 4, 2003 . September 29, 2012 . The Daily Sentinel . B6.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . December 23, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100613075216/http://archives.desu.edu/athletics/football/2005/CoachingStaff.pdf . June 13, 2010 . dead .
  3. https://www.profootballarchives.com/coach/lava00200coach.html Al Lavan