Larry Jones | |
Birth Date: | 18 December 1933 |
Birth Place: | Pottsville, Arkansas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1951–1953 |
Player Team1: | LSU |
Player Positions: | Linebacker, center |
Coach Years1: | 1958–1961 |
Coach Team1: | LSU (OL/WR) |
Coach Years2: | 1970 |
Coach Team2: | Tennessee (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1971–1973 |
Coach Team3: | Florida State |
Coach Years4: | 1974–1976 |
Coach Team4: | Tennessee (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1977–1978 |
Coach Team5: | Kansas (DC/DL) |
Overall Record: | 15–19 |
Bowl Record: | 0–1 |
Larry Bruce Jones (December 18, 1933 – May 30, 2013) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Florida State University from 1971 to 1973, compiling a record of 15–19. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Jones played college football as a linebacker and center at Louisiana State University. He also served as an assistant coach as his alma mater, LSU, and at the University of South Carolina, the United States Military Academy, the University of Tennessee and the University of Kansas.[1]
He died in the morning of May 30, 2013. He was 79.[2]