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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American football player and coach (1925–2015)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the sound engineer, see <a href="/wiki/James_LaRue_(sound_engineer)" title="James LaRue (sound engineer)">James LaRue (sound engineer)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn">Jim LaRue</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_LaRue_1968.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Jim_LaRue_1968.jpeg/220px-Jim_LaRue_1968.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Jim_LaRue_1968.jpeg 1.5x" data-file-width="330" data-file-height="391" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;">Biographical details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1925-08-11</span>)</span>August 11, 1925<br /><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Oklahoma" title="Clinton, Oklahoma">Clinton, Oklahoma</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 29, 2015<span style="display:none">(2015-03-29)</span> (aged 89)<br /><a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson, Arizona</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" />Playing career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1942</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Carson%E2%80%93Newman_Eagles_football" title="Carson–Newman Eagles football">Carson–Newman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1943–1944</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Duke_Blue_Devils_football" title="Duke Blue Devils football">Duke</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1947–1949</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Terrapins_football" title="Maryland Terrapins football">Maryland</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Position(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">Halfback</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" />Coaching career (<a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">HC</a> unless noted)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1950</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Terrapins_football" title="Maryland Terrapins football">Maryland</a> (freshmen)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1951</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_State_Wildcats_football" title="Kansas State Wildcats football">Kansas State</a> (backfield)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1954</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Kansas State (backfield)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1955–1956</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Houston_Cougars_football" title="Houston Cougars football">Houston</a> (backfield)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1959–1966</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Wildcats_football" title="Arizona Wildcats football">Arizona</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1968–1973</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Utah_Utes_football" title="Utah Utes football">Utah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Defensive_coordinator" title="Defensive coordinator">DC</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1974–1975</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_Demon_Deacons_football" title="Wake Forest Demon Deacons football">Wake Forest</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1976</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a> (WR)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1978–1989</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> (DB)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;">Head coaching record</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Overall</th><td class="infobox-data">41–37–2</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" />Accomplishments and honors</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Championships</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;">1 <a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">WAC</a> (1964)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jim Elmer LaRue</b> (August 11, 1925 – March 29, 2015) was an <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> player and coach. He served as the head coach at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Arizona" title="University of Arizona">University of Arizona</a> from 1959 to 1966, compiling a record of 41–37–2. LaRue played six seasons of varsity football at three different schools: <a href="/wiki/Carson%E2%80%93Newman_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Carson–Newman College">Carson–Newman College</a> (1942), <a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke University</a> (1943–1944), and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park" title="University of Maryland, College Park">University of Maryland, College Park</a> (1947–1949).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as an assistant coach at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Houston" title="University of Houston">University of Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_University" title="Wake Forest University">Wake Forest University</a>, and with the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL). He was part of the Bears staff that won Super Bowl XX.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LaRue died on March 29, 2015, in <a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson, Arizona</a>, aged 89, from undisclosed causes.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaching_record">Head coaching record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_LaRue&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Head coaching record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Overall </th> <th>Conference</th> <th>Standing </th> <th>Bowl/playoffs </th> <th>AP<sup>#</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Wildcats_football" title="Arizona Wildcats football">Arizona Wildcats</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Border_Conference" title="Border Conference">Border Conference</a>)</i> <small>(1959–1960)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1959_college_football_season" title="1959 college football season">1959</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1959_Arizona_Wildcats_football_team" title="1959 Arizona Wildcats football team">Arizona</a> </td> <td>4–6</td> <td>2–1</td> <td>2nd</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_college_football_season" title="1960 college football season">1960</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1960_Arizona_Wildcats_football_team" title="1960 Arizona Wildcats football team">Arizona</a> </td> <td>7–3</td> <td>3–0</td> <td>2nd</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Wildcats_football" title="Arizona Wildcats football">Arizona Wildcats</a></b> <i>(Independent)</i> <small>(1961)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1961_college_football_season" title="1961 college football season">1961</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1961_Arizona_Wildcats_football_team" title="1961 Arizona Wildcats football team">Arizona</a> </td> <td>8–1–1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right">17 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; 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