Don Read is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Portland State University, the University of Oregon, the Oregon Institute of Technology, and the University of Montana, compiling a career college football record of 154?127?1. From 1968 to 1971 and from 1981 to 1985, he led the Portland State Vikings to a 39?52?1 record. From 1974 to 1976, he guided the Oregon Ducks to a 9?24 record with a 3?18 mark in conference. His best success came at Montana, where he went 85?36, including three 11-win seasons and an NCAA Division I-AA National Championship in his final year of coaching, 1995. Read currently resides in Corvallis, Oregon, where he participates in scouting and game planning for the Oregon State Beavers. 

December 15th, 1933 in (Age 90)