Lamar Leachman

Lamar Leachman
Personal information
Born:	August 7, 1932; Cartersville, Georgia, U.S.
Died:	October 27, 2012 (aged 80); Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:	Cartersville (GA)
College:	Tennessee
Position:	Center
NFL draft:	1955 / Round: 30 / Pick: 360
Career history
As a player:
	Calgary Stampeders (1956);
As a coach:
	Richmond (1966–1967); Offensive line coach; Georgia Tech (1968–1971); Offensive line coach; Memphis (1972); Defensive line coach; South Carolina (1973); Defensive line coach; Toronto Argonauts (1975–1977); Defensive line coach; Montreal Alouettes (1978–1979); Defensive coordinator; New York Giants (1980–1989); Defensive line coach; Detroit Lions (1990–1994); Defensive line coach;
Career highlights and awards
	Super Bowl champion (XXI);

Lamar Leachman (August 7, 1932 – October 27, 2012) was an American football coach. He served as an assistant coach for the Toronto Argonauts, Montreal Alouettes, New York Giants and Detroit Lions. He was the defensive line coach when the Giants won Super Bowl XXI.

He died on October 27, 2012, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at age 80. His death from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was chronicled in The King of Halloween and Miss Firecracker Queen: A Daughter's Tale of Family and Football, a 2018 memoir about growing up in the South with a football coach father authored by Duke University economics professor Lori Leachman.

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