Al Lavan

Alton Lavan (born September 13, 1946) is a former college football head coach for the Delaware State Hornets. He also served as the interim head coach for the Eastern Michigan Eagles in 2003, replacing Jeff Woodruff. He also played for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.

As a longtime assistant running backs coach, he coached the following players throughout his various tenures: Tony Dorsett, Herschel Walker, Bam Morris, Earnest Byner, Leroy Hoard, Priest Holmes, Errict Rhett, Roosevelt Potts, Donnell Bennett, Tony Richardson, and Kimble Anders.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	TSN#	Coaches°
Eastern Michigan Eagles (Mid-American Conference) (2003)
2003	Eastern Michigan	2–1	2–1	6th (West)
Eastern Michigan:		2–1	2–1
Delaware State Hornets (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2004–2010)
2004	Delaware State	4–7	4–3	T–3rd
2005	Delaware State	7–4	6–2	3rd
2006	Delaware State	8–3	6–2	T–2nd
2007	Delaware State	10–2	9–0	1st	L NCAA Division I FCS First Round	15	16
2008	Delaware State	5–6	5–3	T–2nd
2009	Delaware State	4–7	3–4	6th
2010	Delaware State	3–8	2–6	8th
Delaware State:		41–37	35–20
Total:		43–38
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
#Rankings from final The Sports Network FCS Poll. °Rankings from final FCS Coaches Poll.

External links

• Al Lavan at Pro-Football-Reference.com
• Al Lavan at the College Football Data Warehouse