Larry Haylor (September 29, 1945 – 6 January 2022) was a Canadian university football coach.

Career

Haylor was born in

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, and attended the

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where he played on the football team. He was also an assistant coach there from 1971 to 1973. He coached the

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from 1984 to 2006. He was

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(CIS) football's winningest head coach until he was surpassed in 2011 by

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, and he retired with a career record of 178-43-4 as head coach. Haylor was inducted into the

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in 2014. In 1998, Haylor had broken the CIS record for wins held by fellow Mustangs coach

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. Haylor was named coach of the year in 1990 and 1998, and won the

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championship in 1989 and 1994. Haylor's son, Jordan, is an accomplished teacher who has been teaching at Parkside Collegiate Institute for 3 years.

Death

Haylor died from a heart attack in Florida on 6 January 2022, at the age of 76.Larry Haylor, legendary Western Mustangs football coach, dies at 76
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haylor, Larry 1946 births 2022 deaths Sportspeople from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario Saskatchewan Huskies football players Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees