Rudy Lavik

Rudolph H. Lavik (April 30, 1892 – September 29, 1979) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota from 1920 to 1921, at Arizona State Teacher's College of Flagstaff—now known as Northern Arizona University—from 1927 to 1932, and at Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe—now known as Arizona State University—from 1933 to 1937, compiling a career college football record of 37–42–7. Lavik was also the head basketball coach at Arizona State Flagstaff (1927–1931), Colorado Agricultural College—now known as Colorado State University (1925–1927), and Arizona State Tempe (1933–1935, 1939–1948), tallying a career college basketball mark of 157–163. In addition he served as the athletic director at Arizona State from 1933 to 1949. He was a graduate of Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts.[1]

Rudy Lavik

Biographical details
Born	(1892-04-30)April 30, 1892 Forman, North Dakota, U.S.
Died	September 29, 1979(1979-09-29) (aged 87) Mesa, Arizona, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1919	Springfield (MA)
Position(s)	Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920–1921	Concordia (MN)
1925–1926	Colorado Agricultural (assistant)
1927-1932	Northern Arizona / Arizona State–Flagstaff
1933–1937	Arizona State
Basketball
1925–1928	Colorado Agricultural
1927–1931	Northern Arizona / Arizona State–Flagstaff
1933–1935	Arizona State
1939–1948	Arizona State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1933–1949	Arizona State
Head coaching record
Overall	37–42–7 (football) 157–163 (basketball)

Lavik was born on April 30, 1892 in Forman, North Dakota. He died in Mesa, Arizona on September 29, 1979.[2]