Larry Arico

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1969)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|12|21}}

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| player_years1 = 1988–1991

| player_team1 = Lehigh

| coach_years1 = 1997–1999

| coach_team1 = Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham

| coach_years2 = 2000–2004

| coach_team2 = William Paterson

| coach_years3 = 2005–2011

| coach_team3 = Marist HS (NJ)

| overall_record = 16–64 (college)

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Laurence Andre Arico (born December 21, 1969) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University–Florham (FDU) from 1997 to 1999 and William Paterson University (WPU) from 2000 to 2004, compiling a career college football coaching record of an overall record of 16–64. Arico was the athletic director and football coach at Marist High School in Bayonne, New Jersey.[http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2417133/article-Marist-fielding-young-football-team-after-miserable-season-Arico-likes-the-youth-and-exuberance-of-the-Royal-Knights?instance=news_special_coverage_right_column "Marist fielding young football team after miserable season Arico likes the youth and exuberance of the Royal Knights"], Hudson Reporter, September 30, 2008

Arico is the husband of Kim Barnes Arico, the head women's basketball coach at the University of Michigan.Armstrong, Kevin. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/sports/ncaabasketball/27stjohns.html "Coach’s Career Risk Keeps Paying Off at St. John's"], The New York Times, January 26, 2010. Accessed June 28, 2022.

Arico grew up in Mount Arlington, New Jersey and attended Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta, New Jersey, where he played football, basketball and ran track.[https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/wpupioneers.com/documents/2007/11/2/01FBGUIDE.pdf#page=6 2001 Football Guide], William Paterson University. Accessed November 22, 2017. "Arico is a native of Mount Arlington and starred for the Pope John XXIII High School football team. He, his wife, Kim, the head women’s basketball coach at Adelphi University, and new baby boy, Trevor, live in Teaneck." He attended Lehigh University and was a four-year varsity letter winner in football at Lehigh University as a running back.[http://www.northjersey.com/sports/114776784_Arico_advances_to_State_Hoop_Shoot_.html "Arico advances to State Hoop Shoot"], Brian Farrell, Glen Rock Gazette, January 28, 2011.

Arico was a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey while coaching at William Paterson and has since been a resident of Glen Rock, New Jersey.Wayne, Stephanie. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/turf-plan-to-be-studied-1.988380?page=all "Formal committee will study artificial turf field proposal"], Glen Rock Gazette, October 16, 2009. Accessed October 8, 2015. "Glen Rock resident Larry Arico, who is the athletic director and head football coach at Marist High School in Bayonne, said he has been on committees that have studied the safety of turf fields in-depth and nothing has shown that they are more dangerous than a grass field."