Sport(s) Football 1955–1956 Houston (backfield) Positions Halfback 1947–1949 Maryland Role American football player | 1943–1944 Duke Name Jim LaRue 1942 Carson–Newman 1959–1966 Arizona | |
Born August 11, 1925
Clinton, Oklahoma ( 1925-08-11 ) Died March 29, 2015, Tucson, Arizona, United States | ||
Jim LaRue (August 11, 1925 – March 29, 2015) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Arizona from 1959 to 1966, compiling a record of 41–37–2. LaRue played six seasons of varsity football at three different schools: Carson–Newman College (1942), Duke University (1943–1944), and the University of Maryland, College Park (1947–1949). He served as an assistant coach at the University of Houston, Wake Forest University, and with the Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). LaRue died on March 29, 2015 in Tucson, Arizona, aged 89, from undisclosed causes.
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