Larry Reisbig Explained

Larry Reisbig
Birth Date:6 December 1939
Death Place:Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1958–1959
Player Team2:Pierce
Player Years3:1961–1962
Player Team3:Washington State
Player Positions:End, tackle
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1963–1964
Coach Team2:Sandy HS (OR)
Coach Years3:1965–1967
Coach Team3:William S. Hart HS (CA) (backfield/ends)
Coach Years4:1968–1969
Coach Team4:Canyon HS (CA)
Coach Years5:1970–1972
Coach Team5:College of the Canyons (DB)
Coach Years6:1973–1981
Coach Team6:College of the Canyons
Coach Years7:1982–1984
Coach Team7:Pasadena
Coach Years8:1985–1986
Coach Team8:Long Beach State (RB)
Coach Years9:1987–1989
Coach Team9:Long Beach State
Coach Years10:1991–1992
Coach Team10:Orange Coast (DB)
Coach Years11:1992–2002
Coach Team11:Long Beach
Coach Sport12:Track
Coach Years13:1965–1968
Coach Team13:William S. Hart HS (CA)
Coach Years14:1969–1970
Coach Team14:Canyon HS (CA)
Coach Sport15:Wrestling
Coach Years16:1963–1965
Coach Team16:Sandy HS (OR)
Coach Years17:1971–1973
Coach Team17:College of the Canyons
Admin Years1:2003–2010
Admin Team1:Long Beach
Overall Record:11–24 (college football)
164–84–2 (junior college)
22–14 (high school football)
28–1 (high school track)
8–4 (college wrestling)
Tournament Record:Football
0–1 (California JC large division playoffs)
Championships:Football
1 junior college national (1995)
2 WSC (1973, 1975)
7 Mission Conference North Division (1993–1996, 1998, 2002)

Larry Reisbig (December 6, 1939 – April 10, 2017) was an American football coach and college athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach State) from 1987 to 1989, compiling a record of 11–24. Reisbig was the head football coach at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California from 1973 to 1981, Pasadena City College from 1982 to 1984, and Long Beach City College (PBCC) and 1992 to 2002. He led his 1995 Long Beach team to a junior college national championship. Reisberg was also the athletic director at LBCC from 2003 to 2010.

Early life and playing career

Reisbig was born on December 6, 1939.[1] A native of Los Angeles, he played high school football at Van Nuys High School before graduating in 1957. Reisbig played junior college football at Los Angeles Pierce College in 1958 and 1958, earning all-Western State Conference (WSC) and All-American honors. He then played college football at Washington State University from 1961 to 1962 under head coach Jim Sutherland.[2]

Coaching career

After graduating from Washington State in 1963, Reisig began his coaching career that fall when he was hired as the head football coach at Sandy High School in Sandy, Oregon.[3] He led his football teams at Sandy to a record of 11–7 in two seasons, and was also an assistant wrestling coach at the school. After two years at Sandy, Reisig returned to Southern California to serve as head track coach and assistant football coach at William S. Hart High School in the Newhall neighborhood of Santa Clarita. In 1968, he moved to Canyon High School, also in Santa Clarita, as head football coach, and added duties aw head track coach the following year. His football teams at Canyon had a record of 11–7 in two seasons.[2]

In 1970, Reisig joined the football coaching staff at the College of the Canyons for the program's inaugural season. He was promoted to head coach in 1973 and compiled a record of 51–38 over nine seasons before the program folded in 1981. Reisebig then worked as the head football coach at Pasadena City College for three years. He joined the Long Beach State 49ers football program in 1985 as an assistant under Mike Sheppard, who he succeeded after two seasons.[4]

Reisebig was the defensive backs coach at Orange Coast College from 1990 to 1991 and head football coach at Long Beach City College from 1992 to 2002.[5] [6]

Death

Reisbig died on April 10, 2017, at the age of 77.[7]

Head coaching record

Junior college football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: . Obituaries; Larry Reisbig . SCVHistory.com . . . May 10, 2024 .
  2. News: . Larry Reisbig Wins Top Job at Canyons . . . January 7, 1973 . 60 . May 10, 2024 . .
  3. News: . Sandy Hires Coach . . . . May 11, 1963 . 14, section II . May 10, 2024 . .
  4. News: Wagner . Dick . April 17, 1987 . New Coach Is Big on Optimism: Larry Reisbig Takes Over Long Beach Football Program . . . November 8, 2015 .
  5. News: . Long Beach CC Hires OCC Coach . . . May 14, 1992 . B2 . May 10, 2024 . .
  6. Web site: Hall of Fame Inductees; Class of 2009 . . . November 8, 2015 .
  7. News: Guardabascio . Mike . Hall of Fame Coach Larry Reisbig Passes Away . . . April 11, 2017 . May 10, 2024 .