Bruce Larson (basketball)

{{Short description|American basketball coach (1926–2021)}}

{{for|persons of a similar name|Bruce Larson (disambiguation)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}

{{Infobox college coach

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|8|12}}

| birth_place = Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|13|1926|8|12}}

| death_place = Tucson, Arizona, U.S.

| player_years1 = 1948–1950

| player_team1 = Arizona

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| coach_years1 = 1951–1957

| coach_team1 = Eastern Arizona (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1957–1959

| coach_team2 = Weber

| coach_years3 = 1959–1961

| coach_team3 = Arizona (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1961–1972

| coach_team4 = Arizona

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| championships = Junior college national (1959)

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Bruce Alan Larson (August 12, 1926 – April 13, 2021) was an American basketball coach. He was coach of the Arizona Wildcats from 1961 to 1972.{{Cite news|url=https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/basketball/bruce-larson-who-led-wildcats-mens-basketball-team-from-1961-72-dies-in-tucson-at/article_6f2858f8-9d8c-11eb-aaf7-4363188942aa.html|title=Bruce Larson, who led Wildcats' men's basketball team from 1961–72, dies in Tucson at age 94|first=Greg|last=Hansen|date=April 14, 2021|work=Arizona Daily Star}}{{Cite web|url=https://tucson.com/former-wildcats-coach-bruce-larson-still-on-campus-at-92/article_39f69596-b3ec-11e8-a497-97fbd0e9c18a.html|title=Former Wildcats coach Bruce Larson still on campus at 92|work=Arizona Daily Star}} Prior to his time at Arizona, Larson served as coach at Eastern Arizona and Weber College (now Weber State). At Weber, his team won the 1959 Junior college national championship.{{cite news|title= Bruce Larson, coach of Weber College basketball national title team, dies at 94 |url= https://www.standard.net/sports/weber-state/bruce-larson-coach-of-weber-college-basketball-national-title-team-dies-at-94/article_2a2b768f-2786-5b66-ad18-04cc149abbe9.html |first=Brett|last=Hein|date=April 21, 2020|access-date=April 22, 2021|work=Standard-Examiner}}