Larry Jones (American football coach)

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1933–2013)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Larry Jones

| image = Doug Dickey.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Jones (right) in 1972

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|12|18}}

| birth_place = Pottsville, Arkansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|5|30|1933|12|18}}

| death_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1951–1953

| player_team1 = LSU

| player_positions = Linebacker, center

| coach_years1 = 1958–1961

| coach_team1 = LSU (OL/WR)

| coach_years2 = 1970

| coach_team2 = Tennessee (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1971–1973

| coach_team3 = Florida State

| coach_years4 = 1974–1976

| coach_team4 = Tennessee (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 1977–1978

| coach_team5 = Kansas (DC/DL)

| overall_record = 15–19

| bowl_record = 0–1

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Larry Bruce Jones (December 18, 1933 – May 30, 2013) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Florida State University from 1971 to 1973, compiling a record of 15–19. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Jones played as a linebacker and center at Louisiana State University (LSU). He also served as an assistant coach as his alma mater, LSU, and at the University of South Carolina, the United States Military Academy, the University of Tennessee, and the University of Kansas.{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/nolefan_fsu/summary/f1971.html |title=FSU Football - 1971 Year In Review |access-date=January 14, 2008 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124122419/http://www.geocities.com/nolefan_fsu/summary/f1971.html |archive-date=January 24, 2008 }}

Jones died in the morning of May 30, 2013. He was 79.{{cite web|author=Coley Harvey |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/blogs/chopping-block/os-cb-larry-jones-florida-state-fsu-lsu-dies-20130530,0,2195125.post |title=Larry Jones, a former Florida State coach and LSU alum, has died at 79 |publisher=OrlandoSentinel.com |date= |access-date=May 31, 2013}}