Larry Kentera
Larry Kentera (born 17 April 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. He spent many years as a defensive assistant at his alma mater, Arizona State University, under head coach Frank Kush.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 April 1924 |
| Playing career | |
| 1947–1949 | Arizona State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1952–1959 | Palo Verde College |
| 1960–1966 | San Joaquin Delta College |
| 1967–1970 | Arizona State (assistant) |
| 1971–1978 | Arizona State (DC) |
| 1984 | Northern Arizona (assistant) |
| 1985–1989 | Northern Arizona |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 26–29 (college) |
After his career as a college coach he was working for two years as a coach for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League before working several times in Europe. In 1994 and 1996 he served as 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 his staffs include former NFL head coaches Bill Callahan, Brad Childress, Marty Mornhinweg and, most prominently, Andy Reid.