Larry L. Naviaux (December 17, 1936 – August 21, 2021) was an

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player and coach. He served as the head football coach at

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...

from 1969 to 1972 and at the

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two benefactors. In 1893, ...

from 1973 to 1976, compiling a career college football coaching record of 37–45–1. Naviaux played

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as a halfback from 1956 to 1958 at the

University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the M ...

. Prior to taking over at Boston in 1969, Naviaux served as an assistant coach there as well as in Nebraska and Southwestern Louisiana. Naviaux was born on December 17, 1936, in

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. He resided in

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, during his retirement. He died on August 21, 2021.

Head coaching record

References

1936 births 2021 deaths American football halfbacks Boston University Terriers football coaches Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football coaches Nebraska Cornhuskers football players Nebraska Cornhuskers football coaches UConn Huskies football coaches People from Farmington, Connecticut Players of American football from Hartford County, Connecticut People from Lexington, Nebraska Coaches of American football from Nebraska Players of American football from Nebraska {{1960s-collegefootball-coach-stub