Rudy Lavik
Rudolph H. Lavik (April 30, 1892 – September 29, 1979) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota from 1920 to 1921, at Arizona State Teacher's College of Flagstaff—now known as Northern Arizona University—from 1928 to 1932, and at Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe—now known as Arizona State University—from 1933 to 1937, compiling a career college football record of 37–42–7. Lavik was also the head basketball coach at Arizona State Flagstaff (1927–1931), Colorado Agricultural College—now known as Colorado State University (1925–1928), and Arizona State Tempe (1933–1935, 1939–1948), tallying a career college basketball mark of 157–163. In addition he served as the athletic director at Arizona State from 1933 to 1949. He was a graduate of Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts.[1]
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 30, 1892 Forman, North Dakota |
| Died | September 29, 1979 (aged 87) Mesa, Arizona |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1919 | Springfield (MA) |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1920–1921 | Concordia (MN) |
| 1925–1927 | Colorado Agricultural (assistant) |
| 1928–1932 | Northern Arizona / Arizona State–Flagstaff |
| 1933–1937 | Arizona State |
| Basketball | |
| 1925–1928 | Colorado Agricultural |
| 1927–1931 | Northern Arizona / Arizona State–Flagstaff |
| 1933–1935 | Arizona State |
| 1939–1948 | Arizona State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1933–1949 | Arizona State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 37–42–7 (football) 157–163 (basketball) |
Lavik was born on April 30, 1892 in Forman, North Dakota. He died in Mesa, Arizona on September 29, 1979.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concordia Cobbers (Independent) (1920) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Concordia | 0–3 | |||||||
| Concordia Cobbers (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1921) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Concordia | 2–3–1 | 0–2 | T–6th | |||||
| Concordia: | 2–6–1 | 0–2 | |||||||
| Northern Arizona / Arizona State–Flagstaff Lumberjacks (Independent) (1928–1930) | |||||||||
| 1928 | Northern Arizona | 7–1 | |||||||
| 1929 | Arizona State–Flagstaff | 5–0 | |||||||
| 1930 | Arizona State–Flagstaff | 4–2–1 | |||||||
| Arizona State–Flagstaff Lumberjacks (Border Conference) (1931–1932) | |||||||||
| 1931 | Arizona State–Flagstaff | 3–5 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1932 | Arizona State–Flagstaff | 3–2–2 | 2–2–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| Northern Arizona / Arizona State–Flagstaff: | 22–10–3 | 4–5–1 | |||||||
| Arizona State Bulldogs (Border Conference) (1933–1937) | |||||||||
| 1933 | Arizona State | 3–5 | 2–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1934 | Arizona State | 4–3–1 | 2–2–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1935 | Arizona State | 2–5–1 | 2–3–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1936 | Arizona State | 4–5 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1937 | Arizona State | 0–8–1 | 0–5 | 7th | |||||
| Arizona State: | 13–26–3 | 8–17–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 37–42–7 | ||||||||
References
- "ASU Head Coaches & Records". Arizona State Official Athletic Site. CBS Interactive. January 12, 2011. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- "Former Sun Devil coach Lavik dies". The Prescott Courier. Prescott, Arizona. Associated Press. October 1, 1979. p. 9. Retrieved January 9, 2014 – via Google News.