Don Read | |
Birth Date: | 15 December 1933 |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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) |
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) |
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 the University of Oregon the Oregon Institute of Technology and the University of Montana compiling a career college football record of
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 record the two previous seasons he mentored quarterbacks and receivers under head coach
Read's best success came at Montana, where he went, including three 11-win seasons and an NCAA Division I-AA Championship in his final year of coaching, 1995.[1] [2] 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.[3]
In 1962, Read earned his master's degree in social science from Sacramento State University.[3]