Don Read
{{Short description|American football coach (1933–2024)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{for multi|the Canadian psychologist|J. Don Read|other people|Donald Reid (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Don Read
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|12|15}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|1|3|1933|12|15}}
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = late 1950s
| player_team1 = Sacramento State
| coach_years1 = 1960s
| coach_team1 = Placer HS (CA) (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1960s
| coach_team2 = Petaluma HS (CA)
| coach_years3 = 1966–1967
| coach_team3 = Humboldt State (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1968–1971
| coach_team4 = Portland State
| coach_years5 = 1972–1973
| coach_team5 = Oregon (QB/Rec)
| coach_years6 = 1974–1976
| coach_team6 = Oregon
| coach_years7 = 1977–1980
| coach_team7 = Oregon Tech
| coach_years8 = 1981–1985
| coach_team8 = Portland State
| coach_years9 = 1986–1995
| coach_team9 = Montana
| admin_years1 = 2004–2005
| admin_team1 = Montana
| overall_record = 155–126–1 (college)
19–5–2 (high school)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 8–4 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
| championships = 1 NCAA Division I-AA (1995)
1 Evergreen (1980)
1 Western Football (1984)
2 Big Sky (1993, 1995)
| awards = AFCA Division I-AA COY (1995)
| coaching_records =
}}
Donald Bert Read (December 15, 1933 – January 3, 2024) was an American college football coach and athletics administrator. He was the head coach at Portland State University {{nowrap|(1968–1971,}} {{nowrap|1981–1985),}} the University of Oregon {{nowrap|(1974–1976),McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. {{ISBN|0-9648244-7-7}}.}} the Oregon Institute of Technology {{nowrap|(1977–1980),}} and the University of Montana {{nowrap|(1986–1995),}} compiling a career college football record of {{nowrap|{{winning percentage|155|126|1|record=y}}.}}
From 1968 to 1971 and 1981 to 1985, Read led the Portland State Vikings to a 39–52–1 record. From 1974 to 1976, he guided the Oregon Ducks to a {{nowrap|9–24}} record {{nowrap|(3–18 in Pac-8);{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ie1VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9uADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6328%2C6619982 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Withers |first=Bud |title=Oregon fires Don Read |date=November 26, 1976 |page=1C}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RfVLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3004%2C4308176 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Oregon fires Read |date=November 27, 1976 |page=15}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-_tXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3fYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4650%2C2812140 |work=The Bulletin |location=(Bend, Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Oregon starts search for Read's successor |date=November 27, 1976 |page=12}}}} the two previous seasons he mentored quarterbacks and receivers under head coach {{nowrap|Dick Enright.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FK5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6326%2C844465 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Cawood |first=Neil |title=Enright sacked, shocked |date=January 4, 1974 |page=1D}}}}
Read's best success came at Montana, where he went {{winning percentage|85|36|record=y}}, including three 11-win seasons and an NCAA Division I-AA Championship in his final year of coaching, 1995.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vEVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6562%2C4657381 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Grizzlies relish their first title |date=December 17, 1995 |page=3F}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L39fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3900%2C327941|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Grizzlies silence Thundering Herd, 22-20 |date=December 17, 1995 |page=5B}} Read resided in Corvallis, Oregon, where he participated in scouting and game planning for Oregon State football.
Read died on January 3, 2024, at the age of 90.{{cite web |title=Legendary Montana football coach Don Read dies at 90 |url=https://www.montanasports.com/college/montana-grizzlies/legendary-montana-football-coach-don-read-dies-at-90 |website=MTN Sports |access-date=January 3, 2024}}
Education
In 1962, Read earned his master's degree in social science from Sacramento State University.
Head coaching record
=College=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Portland State Vikings
| conf = NCAA College Division independent
| startyear = 1968
| endyear = 1971
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1968
| name = Portland State
| overall = 4–6
| conference =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1969
| name = Portland State
| overall = 6–4
| conference =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1970
| name = Portland State
| overall = 6–4
| conference =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1971
| name = Portland State
| overall = 4–5
| conference =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Portland State
| overall = 20–19
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Oregon Ducks
| conf = Pacific-8 Conference
| startyear = 1974
| endyear = 1976
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1974
| name = Oregon
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 0–7
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1975
| name = Oregon
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1976
| name = Oregon
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 1–6
| confstanding = T–7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Oregon
| overall = 9–24
| confrecord = 3–18
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls
| conf = Evergreen Conference
| startyear = 1977
| endyear = 1980
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1977
| name = Oregon Tech
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1978
| name = Oregon Tech
| overall = 5–4{{#tag:ref|Oregon Tech finished the 1978 with an overall record of 4–5 and a mark of 2–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the Evergreen Conference.{{cite news |author= |title=Evergreen Conference (Final standings) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38579377/statesman_journal/ |newspaper=Statesman Journal |location=Salem, Oregon |date=November 19, 1978 |page=2D |access-date=November 9, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} In January 1979, {{cfb link|year=1978|team=Central Washington Wildcats|title=Central Washington}} forfeited its three wins, including its victory over Oregon Tech, from 1978 because of ineligible player.{{cite news |author= |title=Central to forfeit football victories |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118564372/the-spokesman-review/ |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |date=January 24, 1979 |page=C4 |access-date=February 13, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}|group=n|name=1978season}}
| bowlname =
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1979
| name = Oregon Tech
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1980
| name = Oregon Tech
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Oregon Tech
| overall = 22–14
| confrecord = 11–11
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Portland State Vikings
| conf = NCAA Division II Independent
| startyear = 1981
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1981
| name = Portland State
| overall = 2–9
| conference =
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Portland State Vikings
| conf = Western Football Conference
| startyear = 1982
| endyear = 1985
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1982
| name = Portland State
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 0–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1983
| name = Portland State
| overall = 3–7
| conference = 1–2
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1984
| name = Portland State
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 3–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1985
| name = Portland State
| overall = 4–5–1
| conference = 2–2–1
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Portland State
| overall = 19–33–1
| confrecord = 6–8–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Montana Grizzlies
| conf = Big Sky Conference
| startyear = 1986
| endyear = 1995
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1986
| name = Montana
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1987
| name = Montana
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1988
| name = Montana
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = NCAA Division I-AA First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1989
| name = Montana
| overall = 11–3
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1990
| name = Montana
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1991
| name = Montana
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1992
| name = Montana
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1993
| name = Montana
| overall = 10–2
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division I-AA First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1994
| name = Montana
| overall = 11–3
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname = NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| year = 1995
| name = Montana
| overall = 13–2
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division I-AA Championship
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Montana
| overall = 85–36
| confrecord = 54–22
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 155–126–1
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
See also
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