Larry Bitcon | |
Birth Date: | 20 October 1934 |
Birth Place: | Iowa |
Death Place: | Monmouth, Illinois |
Player Years1: | 1953–1954 |
Player Team1: | Iowa State Teachers |
Player Positions: | Halfback |
Coach Years1: | 1956 |
Coach Team1: | Scranton HS (IA) |
Coach Years2: | 1957–1959 |
Coach Team2: | Grundy Center HS (IA) |
Coach Years3: | 1960–1962 |
Coach Team3: | State College of Iowa (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1963–1964 |
Coach Team4: | Arkansas (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1965–1971 |
Coach Team5: | Illinois State |
Overall Record: | 32–35–2 (college) 28–4 (high school) |
Championships: | 2 IIAC (1967–1968) |
Lawrence "Bub" Bitcon (October 20, 1934 – May 3, 1973) was an American football coach. He was the 14th head football coach at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, serving for seven seasons, from 1965 to 1971 and compiling a record of 32–35–2.[1]
Bitcon was killed in a head-on automobile crash near Monmouth, Illinois on May 3, 1973.[2]