Larry Kentera
{{Short description|American football player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Larry Kentera
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1924|4|17}}
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1947–1949
| player_team1 = Arizona State
| player_positions = Center, linebacker
| coach_years1 = 1951–1958
| coach_team1 = Palo Verde
| coach_years2 = 1969–1965
| coach_team2 = Stockton / San Joaquin Delta
| coach_years3 = 1966–1970
| coach_team3 = Arizona State (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1971–1978
| coach_team4 = Arizona State (DC)
| coach_years5 = 1984
| coach_team5 = Northern Arizona (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 1985–1989
| coach_team6 = Northern Arizona
| coach_years7 = 1991
| coach_team7 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers (LB)
| coach_years8 = 1992
| coach_team8 = Arkansas Miners (assistant)
| coach_years9 = 1994
| coach_team9 = Kiel Baltic Hurricanes
| coach_years10 = 1996
| coach_team10 = Kiel Baltic Hurricanes
| overall_record = 26–29 (college)
73–58–4 (junior college)
| bowl_record = 0–2 (junior college)
| tournament_record =
| championships = 3 SoCentral (1951–1952, 1955)
1 Big Eight (CA) (1959)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
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Lawrence "Lazo" Kentera (born April 17, 1924) is a former American football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at Northern Arizona University from 1985 to 1989, compiling a record of 26–29.{{cite web|url=https://asunow.asu.edu/content/kentera-receive-lifetime-award-nff-banquet|title=Kentera to receive Lifetime Award at N.F.F. Banquet|date=February 26, 2010|publisher=Arizona State University|access-date=November 12, 2019}} He spent many years as a defensive assistant at his alma mater, Arizona State University, under head coach Frank Kush.{{cite web|url=https://upi.com/Archives/1984/11/14/Larry-Kentera-best-known-as-a-defensive-specialist-in/3797469256400/|date=November 14, 1984|title= Larry Kentera, best known as a defensive specialist, hired at Northern Arizona|publisher=United Press International|access-date=November 12, 2019}} Kentera was also the head football coach at two junior colleges, Palo Verde College in Blythe, California from 1951 to 1958 and San Joaquin Delta College—known as Stockton College until 1963—in Stockton, California from 1959 to 1965.{{cite news |author= |title=Balsamo, Kentera Sign As Coaches |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic/147158819/ |newspaper=Arizona Republic |location=Phoenix, Arizona |date=April 29, 1951 |page=2, part IV |access-date=May 13, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Kentera New SC Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/stockton-evening-and-sunday-record/147156508/ |newspaper=Stockton Record |location=Stockton, California |date=April 14, 1959 |page=26 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Remington |first=Ben |title=Larry Kentera Leavng Delta For Ariz. State |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/stockton-evening-and-sunday-record/147157905/ |newspaper=Stockton Record |location=Stockton, California |date=April 4, 1966 |page=37 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Kentera was the linebackers coach for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1991, working under head coach Darryl Rogers. In 1992, he followed Rogers to serve as an assistant coach for the Arkansas Miners of the short-lived Professional Spring Football League (PSFL).{{cite news |last=Drinnan |first=Gregg |title=Brown trade rumor true—sort of |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leader-post/147159620/ |newspaper=The Leader-Post |location=Regina, Saskatchewan |date=January 25, 1992 |page=B3 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} In 1994 and 1996, Kentera was the head coach of the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes in the German Football League, and from 2005 he was working in football in Serbia, the country in which he was born.
Assistant coaches on Kentera's staffs at Northern Arizona included four future National Football League (NFL) head coaches: Bill Callahan, Brad Childress, Marty Mornhinweg, and Andy Reid.{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Caleb |title=Heavy limbs come from the NAU coaching tree, including Andy Reid, who leads Chiefs in Super Bowl 57 |url=https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2023/02/10/arizona-super-bowl-2023-former-nau-coach-larry-kentera-andy-reid/ |newspaper=Cronkite News |date=February 10, 2023 |access-date=May 12, 2024 }}
Head coaching record
=College=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
| conf = Big Sky Conference
| startyear = 1985
| endyear = 1989
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1985
| name = Northern Arizona
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 1–6
| confstanding = T–7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1986
| name = Northern Arizona
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1987
| name = Northern Arizona
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1988
| name = Northern Arizona
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1989
| name = Northern Arizona
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Northern Arizona
| overall = 26–29
| confrecord = 16–22
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 26–29
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
=Junior college=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Palo Verde Pirates
| conf = South Central Conference
| startyear = 1951
| endyear = 1958
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1951
| name = Palo Verde
| overall = 4–2–1
| conference = 3–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1952
| name = Palo Verde
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Desert Bowl
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1953
| name = Palo Verde
| overall = 4–4–1
| conference = 3–1–1
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1954
| name = Palo Verde
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1955
| name = Palo Verde
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1956
| name = Palo Verde
| overall = 3–6
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1957
| name = Palo Verde
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1958
| name = Palo Verde
| overall = 6–2
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Palo Verde
| overall = 41–29–2
| confrecord = 24–13–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Stockton Mustangs
| conf = Big Eight Conference
| startyear = 1959
| endyear = 1961
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1959
| name = Stockton
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Sequoia Bowl
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1960
| name = Stockton
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference = 5–1–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1961
| name = Stockton
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Stockton / San Joaquin Delta Mustangs
| conf = Valley Conference
| startyear = 1962
| endyear = 1965
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1962
| name = Stockton
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1963
| name = San Joaquin Delta
| overall = 1–7–1
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1964
| name = San Joaquin Delta
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1965
| name = San Joaquin Delta
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Stockton / San Joaquin Delta
| overall = 32–29–2
| confrecord = 21–19–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 73–58–4
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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{{San Joaquin Delta Mustangs football coach navbox}}
{{Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football coach navbox}}
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