Don Lear

Don Lear
Lear in 1955
Biographical details
Born(1935-03-01)March 1, 1935
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedDecember 14, 2018(2018-12-14) (aged 83)
Cordova, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1957)
Eastern Kentucky University
Playing career
Football
1953–1956North Carolina
Position(s)Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1957North Carolina (assistant)
1958Eastern Kentucky (assistant)
1959Eastern Kentucky (ends)
1960 (spring)Eastern Kentucky (assistant backfield)
1960Columbia Military Academy (TN) (assistant)
1961–1963Middle Tennessee (OB/DB)
1964Middle Tennessee (C/ends/LB)
1965–1968Middle Tennessee (OB)
1969 (spring)Southwestern (TN) (line)
1969–1975Southwestern (TN)
1976–1987Memphis Catholic HS (TN)
1988–1997Saint Benedict HS (TN)
Wrestling
1960–1961Columbia Military Academy (TN)
1969–?Southwestern (TN)
1976–?Memphis Catholic HS (TN) (assistant)
Track and field
1958–1960Eastern Kentucky (assistant)
1969–?Southwestern (TN)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
?–1988Memphis Catholic HS (TN)
Head coaching record
Overall30–23–5 (college football)
132–95 (high school football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 CAC (1970–1971, 1973)

Don Lear Sr. (March 1, 1935 – December 14, 2018) was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Southwestern at Memphis—now known as Rhodes College—from 1969 to 1975, Memphis Catholic High School from 1976 to 1987, and Saint Benedict at Auburndale High School from 1988 to 1997.