Paul LaVinn explained
| Paul LaVinn |
| Birth Date: | 2 January 1915 |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1941 |
| Coach Team2: | Upper Iowa (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1945–1946 |
| Coach Team3: | Carthage |
| Coach Years4: | 1949–1951 |
| Coach Team4: | Eureka |
| Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
| Coach Years6: | 1941–1945 |
| Coach Team6: | Upper Iowa |
| Coach Years7: | 1945–1948 |
| Coach Team7: | Carthage |
| Coach Years8: | 1948–1951 |
| Coach Team8: | Eureka |
| Coach Sport9: | Baseball |
| Coach Years10: | 1947 |
| Coach Team10: | Carthage |
| Overall Record: | 6–27–2 (football)
93–103 (basketball)
2–7 (baseball) |
Lincoln[1] Paul LaVinn (January 2, 1915 – August 10, 1975) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.
Coaching career
Carthage
LaVinn was the 12th head football coach at Carthage College in Carthage, Illinois, serving for two seasons, from 1945 to 1946, and compiling a record of 2–10–1.[2] LaVinn started out with a win against Parsons College in Iowa and outscored opponents by 59 to 46 in his inaugural 1945 season,[3] but ended up with a winless season in his second year of coaching.[4]
While at Carthage, LaVinn also coached the baseball team in 1947 to a 2–7 record,[5] and found somewhat more success as the men's basketball coach[6] for three seasons, from 1946 to 1948, with a record of 26–37.[7]
Eureka
LaVinn was the seventh head football coach at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois, serving for four seasons, from 1949 to 1951, and compilinga record of 4–17–1.[8]
LaVinn also coached the men's basketball team at Eureka for four seasons, from 1948 to 1952, tallying a mark of 44–38.[9]
High school coaching
In August 1952, LaVinn was hired as the athletic director at Lockport Township High School in Lockport, Illinois.[10] In additional to Lockport, he also coached at school in Maple Park, and New Lenox.[11] [12] [13]
Later life and death
LaVinn moved in 1975 from Downer's Grove, Illinois to Largo, Florida. He died on August 10, 1975.[14]
Head coaching record
Football
Notes and References
- http://murphylibrary.uwlax.edu/digital/uwl/Alumnus/1949_April.pdf La Crosse State Teacher's College Alumni Notes
- http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/cciw/carthage/coaching_records.php Carthage College Coaching Records
- Web site: Carthage College 1945 football results . 2008-11-18 . 2011-05-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525215246/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=4196&year=1945 . dead .
- Web site: DeLassus . David . Carthage Redmen . . August 23, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130926210840/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/cciw/carthage/coaching_records.php . September 26, 2013.
- http://www.carthage.edu/athleticspages/mens/baseball/yrbyyr2.html Carthage College
- http://www.cciw.org/winter_bball_m/MBB_Records.pdf#6 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
- http://www.carthage.edu/athleticspages/mens/basketball/yrbyyr.html Carthage College
- Web site: Eureka Coaching Records. College Football Data Warehouse. David. DeLassus. February 15, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101121045113/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/umac/eureka/coaching_records.php. November 21, 2010.
- http://www.eureka.edu/athletics/menbsktball/records.shtml Eureka College
- News: . Collee [sic] Coach Gets Lockport Position ]. Woodford County Journal . . August 14, 1952 . 12 . October 25, 2019 . .
- http://www.ihsa.org/school/records/sum1231.htm Illinois High School Athletic Association
- http://www.ihsa.org/activity/bkb/records/sum-m.htm Illinois High School Athletic Association
- http://www.ihsa.org/school/records/sum1410.htm Illinois High School Athletic Association
- News: . obituaries . . . August 11, 1975 . 34 . October 25, 2019 . .
