Don Read, Date of Birth

    

Don Read

American football player and coach, college athletics administrator

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1933

Profession: head coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Don Read

  • Don Read (born December 15, 1933) is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
  • He was the head football coach at Portland State University (1968–1971, 1981–1985), the University of Oregon (1974–1976), the Oregon Institute of Technology (1977–1980), and the University of Montana (1986–1995), compiling a career college football record of 154–127–1 (.548). From 1968–1971 and 1981–1985, he led the Portland State Vikings to a 39–52–1 record.
  • From 1974 to 1976, he guided the Oregon Ducks to a 9–24 record (3–18 in Pac-8); the two previous seasons he mentored quarterbacks and receivers under head coach Dick Enright. Read's best success came at Montana, where he went 85–36 (.702), including three 11-win seasons and a Division I-AA national championship in his final year of coaching, 1995.
  • He currently resides in Corvallis, Oregon, where he participates in scouting and game planning for Oregon State football.

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