Thomas Lovat (born December 28, 1938) is an American former

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coach. Lovat started coaching at his alma mater

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

as the

defensive line In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen of the team currently in possession of the ball are the offensive line, while linemen on the opposing team are the defensive line. A numbe ...

coach in 1967. Next he went to

Idaho State University , mottoeng = "The truth will set you free" , established = , former_names = Academy of Idaho(1901–1915)Idaho Technical Institute(1915–1927)University of Idaho—Southern Branch(1927–1947)Idaho State ...

and worked with the defensive secondary and offensive line. Then Lovat moved on to the

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(CFL) as the

defensive coordinator A defensive coordinator is a coach responsible for a gridiron football (American football) team's defense. Generally, the defensive coordinator, the offensive coordinator and the special teams coordinator represent the second level of a team's c ...

for the

Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division. The Roughriders were founded in 1 ...

(1971), and then went back to Utah as an assistant in 1972 under {{nowrap,

Bill Meek William Meridas Meek (August 14, 1920 – May 28, 1998)''Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014''. Social Security Administration. was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Kansas State University (1947� ...

,{{cite news , url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9FdTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LIUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6765%2C5799214 , work=Deseret News , location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) , last=Ferguson , first=George , title=Lovat, Riehlman top Ute list , date=January 25, 1974 , page=D1 was promoted to head coach in 1974, and lasted three seasons.{{cite news, url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9VdTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LIUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5482%2C5860988 , work=Deseret News , location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) , title=Lovat gets Utah's grid post , date=January 26, 1974 , page=6A{{cite news, url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BfVLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4uwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6216%2C4317156 , work=Deseret News , location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) , last=Rock , first=Brad , title=Lovat, like U. football, moved to better days , date=January 24, 1997 , page=D1 Next Lovat coached offensive line at

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from 1977 to 1979 under Bill Walsh. Then he moved up to the

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(NFL), hired by

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of the

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as the assistant

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coach in 1980, and then to

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under

Jim Hanifan James Martin Michael Hanifan (September 21, 1933 – November 24, 2020) was an American professional football player and coach. He served as the head coach for the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) from 1980 to 1985 and a ...

from 1981 to 1984, as line coach. Then he coached the

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from 1985 to 1988; and back to the Cardinals when the team moved to Phoenix, coaching under

Joe Bugel Joseph John Bugel (March 10, 1940 – June 28, 2020) was an American football coach in the National Football League (NFL). For many years, he was acknowledged as the greatest offensive line coach in the league, particularly with the Washington ...

, as his line coach from 1990 to 1991. Then he was hired by new head coach

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with the Packers 1992, moved with him to the

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in 1999, and retired after the

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at age 65. Lovat's son, Mark Lovat, is currently a strength and conditioning assistant for the

Head coaching record

{{CFB Yearly Record Start , type = coach , team = Utah , conf = , bowl = , poll = no {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead , name =

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, conf =

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, startyear = 1974 , endyear = 1976 {{CFB Yearly Record Entry , championship = , year =

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

, name =

, overall = 1–10 , conference = 1–5 , confstanding = 7th , ranking = no , ranking2 = no {{CFB Yearly Record Entry , championship = , year =

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

, name =

, overall = 1–10 , conference = 1–4 , confstanding = 6th , ranking = no , ranking2 = no {{CFB Yearly Record Entry , championship = , year =

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

, name =

, overall = 3–8 , conference = 3–3 , confstanding = 4th , ranking = no , ranking2 = no {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal , name = Utah , overall = 5–28 , confrecord = 5–12 {{CFB Yearly Record End , overall = 5–28 , bowls = no , poll = no , legend = no {{cite web, url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1403, title=Tom Lovat Records by Year, publisher=College Football Data Warehouse, accessdate=October 21, 2009

References

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