Larry Lacewell was an American football player, coach, scout, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Arkansas State University from 1979 to 1989, compiling a record of 69–58–4.
He accepted a football scholarship from Arkansas A&M College. As a junior, he was named second-team All-AIC at running back. He was inducted into the University of Arkansas at Monticello Sports Hall of Fame in the year 2003.
He led the Indians to 69 wins, 2 Southland Conference titles, and made 4 straight appearances in the 1-AA Playoffs. The 1986 Arkansas State squad reached the 1-AA National Championship Game. Lacewell coached five first-team All-Americans and twenty-four All-SLC selections.
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Lacewell resided in Jonesboro, Arkansas, with his wife, Criss. No information has been released about Criss.
Lacewell began his coaching career at the University of Alabama as a graduate assistant under Bear Bryant.
He subsequently coached at Arkansas State (1961), Arkansas A&M (1962-1963), Kilgore Junior College (1964-1965, winning the NJCAA National Football Championship), Oklahoma (1966), Wichita State (1967), and Iowa State (1968), before becoming Oklahoma’s defensive coordinator in 1969.
Lacewell became an assistant coach.
