:Lester Towns
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1977)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL player
| image =
| caption =
| current_team = Los Angeles Valley Monarchs
| position = Head coach
| number =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|8|28}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| high_school = Pasadena
(Pasadena, California)
| college = Washington
| draftyear = 2000
| draftround = 7
| draftpick = 221
| teams =
| pastcoaching =
- Alabama (2008–2011)
Assistant strength coach, defensive assistant - Portland State (2012–2015)
Linebackers coach, recruiting coordinators - Glendale (CA) (2016–2018)
Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator - Los Angeles Valley (2019–present)
Head coach
| statlabel1 = Tackles
| statvalue1 = 234
| statlabel2 = Interceptions
| statvalue2 = 1
| statlabel3 = Games played
| statvalue3 = 61
|pfr=TownLe20
}}
Lester Towns (born August 28, 1977) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC), a position he has held since 2019. Towns played professionally as a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals and Miami Dolphins. He graduated from Pasadena High School in Pasadena, California in 1995,{{cn|date=February 2021}} and subsequently played college football at the University of Washington.{{cite news |title=UW coaches: Towns may be best |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71419330/uw-coaches-towns-may-be-best/ |access-date=February 18, 2021 |work=Longview Daily News |date=October 16, 1997 |pages=29}} Towns was selected by the Panthers in the seventh round of 2000 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2000 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2000/draft.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=March 10, 2023}}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Los Angeles Valley Monarchs
| conf = American Metro League
| startyear = 2019
| endyear = 2020
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2019
| name = Los Angeles Valley
| overall = 3–6
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = T–4th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2020–21
| name = No team—COVID-19
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Los Angeles Valley Monarchs
| conf = American Pacific League
| startyear = 2021
| endyear =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2021
| name = Los Angeles Valley
| overall = 3–7
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2022
| name = Los Angeles Valley
| overall = 3–7
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2023
| name = Los Angeles Valley
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2024
| name = Los Angeles Valley
| overall = 0–0
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding =
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Los Angeles Valley
| overall = 13–26
| confrecord = 7–14
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 13–26
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.lavcathletics.com/sports/fball/coaches/Lester_Towns Los Angeles Valley profile]
- {{Footballstats |nfl=lester-towns |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=T/TownLe2 |rotoworld= }}
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Category:Pasadena High School (California) alumni
Category:Players of American football from Los Angeles
Category:Players of American football from Pasadena, California
Category:Coaches of American football from California
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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