Jim LaRue

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1925–2015)}} {{for|the sound engineer|James LaRue (sound engineer)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Jim LaRue | image = Jim LaRue 1968.jpeg | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|8|11}} | birth_place = [[Clinton, Oklahoma]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|3|29|1925|8|11}} | death_place = [[Tucson, Arizona]], U.S. | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1942 | player_team1 = [[Carson–Newman Eagles football|Carson–Newman]] | player_years2 = 1943–1944 | player_team2 = [[Duke Blue Devils football|Duke]] | player_years3 = 1947–1949 | player_team3 = [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]] | player_positions = [[Halfback (American football)|Halfback]] | coach_years1 = 1950 | coach_team1 = [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]] (freshmen) | coach_years2 = 1951 | coach_team2 = [[Kansas State Wildcats football|Kansas State]] (backfield) | coach_years3 = 1954 | coach_team3 = Kansas State (backfield) | coach_years4 = 1955–1956 | coach_team4 = [[Houston Cougars football|Houston]] (backfield) | coach_years5 = 1959–1966 | coach_team5 = [[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona]] | coach_years6 = 1968–1973 | coach_team6 = [[Utah Utes football|Utah]] (DC) | coach_years7 = 1974–1975 | coach_team7 = [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Wake Forest]] (assistant) | coach_years8 = 1976 | coach_team8 = [[Buffalo Bills]] (WR) | coach_years9 = 1978–1989 | coach_team9 = [[Chicago Bears]] (DB) | overall_record = 41–37–2 | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XX|XX]])<br>[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]] conference champion (1964) | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Jim Elmer LaRue''' (August 11, 1925 – March 29, 2015) was an American [[American football|football]] player and coach. He served as the head coach at the [[Arizona Wildcats football|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 Eagles football|Carson–Newman]] (1942), [[Duke Blue Devils football|Duke]] (1943–1944), and [[Maryland Terrapins football|Maryland]] (1947–1949).<ref>{{cite news|title=Key Games Are Early|first=Joseph M.|last=Sheehan|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1959/10/07/88827444.pdf|newspaper=New York Times|date=October 7, 1959|access-date=December 12, 2010}}</ref> He served as an assistant coach in college at [[Houston Cougars football|Houston]] and [[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Wake Forest]], and professionally with the [[Buffalo Bills]] and [[Chicago Bears]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He was part of the Bears staff that won [[Super Bowl XX]] 46–10 over the New England Patriots.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-01-27 |title=Bears Trounce Patriots, 46-10, in Super Bowl |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-27-mn-540-story.html |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> LaRue died on March 29, 2015, in [[Tucson, Arizona]], aged 89, from undisclosed causes.<ref name="espn">{{Cite web |date=March 30, 2015|agency=Associated Press |title=Ex-Arizona coach Jim LaRue dies |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/12589322/jim-larue-former-arizona-wildcats-coach-dies-89 |access-date=March 30, 2015 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref>

==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = AP }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona Wildcats]] | conf = [[Border Conference]] | startyear = 1959 | endyear = 1960 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1959 college football season|1959]] | name = [[1959 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]] | overall = 4–6 | conference = 2–1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1960 college football season|1960]] | name = [[1960 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]] | overall = 7–3 | conference = 3–0 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona Wildcats]] | conf = Independent | startyear = 1961 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1961 college football season|1961]] | name = [[1961 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]] | overall = 8–1–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = 17 | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona Wildcats]] | conf = [[Western Athletic Conference]] | startyear = 1962 | endyear = 1966 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1962 NCAA University Division football season|1962]] | name = [[1962 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]] | overall = 5–5 | conference = 2–2 | confstanding = T–2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1963 NCAA University Division football season|1963]] | name = [[1963 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]] | overall = 5–5 | conference = 2–2 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = [[1964 NCAA University Division football season|1964]] | name = [[1964 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]] | overall = 6–3–1 | conference = 3–1 | confstanding = T–1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1965 NCAA University Division football season|1965]] | name = [[1965 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]] | overall = 3–7 | conference = 1–4 | confstanding = 6th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1966 NCAA University Division football season|1966]] | name = [[1966 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona]] | overall = 3–7 | conference = 1–4 | confstanding = 5th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Arizona | overall = 41–37–2 | confrecord = 14–14 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 41–37–2 | bowls = no | poll = | polltype = Rankings from final [[AP Poll]] }}

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