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{{Short description|American football coach (1933–2024)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{for multi|the Canadian psychologist|J. Don Read|other people|Donald Reid (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Don Read
| image = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|12|15}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|1|3|1933|12|15}}
| death_place = 
| alma_mater = 
| player_years1 = late 1950s
| player_team1 = [[Sacramento State Hornets football|Sacramento State]]
| coach_years1 = 1960s
| coach_team1 = [[Placer High School|Placer HS (CA)]] (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1960s
| coach_team2 = [[Petaluma High School|Petaluma HS (CA)]]
| coach_years3 = 1966–1967
| coach_team3 = [[Humboldt State Lumberjacks football|Humboldt State]] (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1968–1971
| coach_team4 = [[Portland State Vikings football|Portland State]]
| coach_years5 = 1972–1973
| coach_team5 = [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] (QB/Rec)
| coach_years6 = 1974–1976
| coach_team6 = Oregon
| coach_years7 = 1977–1980
| coach_team7 = [[Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls football|Oregon Tech]]
| coach_years8 = 1981–1985
| coach_team8 = Portland State
| coach_years9 = 1986–1995
| coach_team9 = [[Montana Grizzlies football|Montana]]
| admin_years1 = 2004–2005
| admin_team1 = [[Montana Grizzlies and Lady Griz|Montana]]
| overall_record = 155–126–1 (college)<br>19–5–2 (high school)
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 8–4 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
| championships = 1 [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|NCAA  Division I-AA]] (1995)<br>1 [[Evergreen Conference|Evergreen]] (1980)<br>1 [[Western Football Conference (United States)|Western Football]] (1984)<br>2 [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]] (1993, 1995)
| awards = [[AFCA Coach of the Year|AFCA Division I-AA COY]] (1995)
| coaching_records = 
}}

'''Donald Bert Read''' (December 15, 1933 – January 3, 2024) was an American [[college football]] coach and athletics administrator. He was the head coach at [[Portland State University]] {{nowrap|(1968–1971,}} {{nowrap|1981–1985),}} the [[University of Oregon]] {{nowrap|(1974–1976),<ref name=McCann>McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. {{ISBN|0-9648244-7-7}}.</ref>}} the [[Oregon Institute of Technology]] {{nowrap|(1977–1980),}} and the [[University of Montana]] {{nowrap|(1986–1995),}} compiling a career college football record of {{nowrap|{{winning percentage|155|126|1|record=y}}.}}

From 1968 to 1971 and 1981 to 1985, Read led the [[Portland State Vikings football|Portland State Vikings]] to a 39–52–1 record. From 1974 to 1976, he guided the [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon Ducks]] to a {{nowrap|9–24}} record {{nowrap|(3–18 in Pac-8);<ref name=ofdrd>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ie1VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9uADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6328%2C6619982 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Withers |first=Bud |title=Oregon fires Don Read |date=November 26, 1976 |page=1C}}</ref><ref name=srapofre>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RfVLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3004%2C4308176 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Oregon fires Read |date=November 27, 1976 |page=15}}</ref><ref name=ossearh>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-_tXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3fYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4650%2C2812140 |work=The Bulletin |location=(Bend, Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Oregon starts search for Read's successor |date=November 27, 1976 |page=12}}</ref>}} the two previous seasons he mentored quarterbacks and receivers under head coach {{nowrap|[[Dick Enright]].<ref name=ensshck>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FK5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6326%2C844465 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |last=Cawood |first=Neil |title=Enright sacked, shocked |date=January 4, 1974 |page=1D}}</ref>}}

Read's best success came at [[Montana Grizzlies football|Montana]], where he went {{winning percentage|85|36|record=y}}, including three 11-win seasons and an [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|NCAA Division I-AA Championship]] in his final year of coaching, [[1995 Montana Grizzlies football team|1995]].<ref name=grelft>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vEVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6562%2C4657381 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Grizzlies relish their first title |date=December 17, 1995 |page=3F}}</ref><ref name=lmtstyh>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L39fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3900%2C327941|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Grizzlies silence Thundering Herd, 22-20 |date=December 17, 1995 |page=5B}}</ref> Read resided in [[Corvallis, Oregon]], where he participated in scouting and game planning for [[Oregon State Beavers football|Oregon State]] football.

Read died on January 3, 2024, at the age of 90.<ref name=ms>{{cite web |title=Legendary Montana football coach Don Read dies at 90 |url=https://www.montanasports.com/college/montana-grizzlies/legendary-montana-football-coach-don-read-dies-at-90 |website=MTN Sports |access-date=January 3, 2024}}</ref>
==Education==
In 1962, Read earned his [[master's degree]] in [[social science]] from [[Sacramento State University]].<ref name=ms/>

==Head coaching record==
===College===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Portland State Vikings football|Portland State Vikings]]
 | conf      = [[NCAA College Division|NCAA College Division independent]]
 | startyear = 1968
 | endyear   = 1971
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1968 NCAA College Division football season|1968]]
 | name         = Portland State
 | overall      = 4–6
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1969 NCAA College Division football season|1969]]
 | name         = Portland State
 | overall      = 6–4
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1970 NCAA College Division football season|1970]]
 | name         = Portland State
 | overall      = 6–4
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1971 NCAA College Division football season|1971]]
 | name         = Portland State
 | overall      = 4–5
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name         = Portland State
 | overall      = 20–19
 | confrecord   =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon Ducks]]
 | conf      = [[Pac-12 Conference|Pacific-8 Conference]]
 | startyear = 1974
 | endyear   = 1976
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1974 NCAA Division I football season|1974]]
 | name         = [[1974 Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon]]
 | overall      = 2–9
 | conference   = 0–7
 | confstanding = 8th
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1975 NCAA Division I football season|1975]]
 | name         = [[1975 Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon]]
 | overall      = 3–8
 | conference   = 2–5
 | confstanding = 6th
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1976 NCAA Division I football season|1976]]
 | name         = [[1976 Oregon Ducks football team|Oregon]]
 | overall      = 4–7
 | conference   = 1–6
 | confstanding = T–7th
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name         = Oregon
 | overall      = 9–24
 | confrecord   = 3–18
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls football|Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls]]
 | conf      = [[Evergreen Conference]]
 | startyear = 1977
 | endyear   = 1980
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1977 NAIA Division I football season|1977]]
 | name         = Oregon Tech
 | overall      = 2–7
 | conference   = 1–5
 | confstanding = T–6th
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1978 NAIA Division I football season|1978]]
 | name         = Oregon Tech
 | overall      = 5–4{{#tag:ref|Oregon Tech finished the 1978 with an overall record of 4–5 and a mark of 2–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the Evergreen Conference.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Evergreen Conference (Final standings) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38579377/statesman_journal/ |newspaper=[[Statesman Journal]] |location=[[Salem, Oregon]] |date=November 19, 1978 |page=2D |access-date=November 9, 2019 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> In January 1979, {{cfb link|year=1978|team=Central Washington Wildcats|title=Central Washington}} forfeited its three wins, including its victory over Oregon Tech, from 1978 because of ineligible player.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Central to forfeit football victories |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118564372/the-spokesman-review/ |newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |location=[[Spokane, Washington]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=January 24, 1979 |page=C4 |access-date=February 13, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>|group=n|name=1978season}}
 | conference   = 3–3<ref name=1978season group=n/>
 | confstanding = T–3rd<ref name=1978season group=n/>
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1979 NAIA Division I football season|1979]]
 | name         = Oregon Tech
 | overall      = 7–2
 | conference   = 3–2
 | confstanding = T–2nd
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [[1980 NAIA Division I football season|1980]]
 | name         = Oregon Tech
 | overall      = 7–2
 | conference   = 4–1
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name         = Oregon Tech
 | overall      = 22–14
 | confrecord   = 11–11
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Portland State Vikings football|Portland State Vikings]]
 | conf      = [[NCAA Division II independent schools|NCAA Division II Independent]]
 | startyear = 1981
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1981 NCAA Division II football season|1981]]
 | name         = Portland State
 | overall      = 2–9
 | conference   =
 | confstanding =
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Portland State Vikings football|Portland State Vikings]]
 | conf      = [[Western Football Conference (United States)|Western Football Conference]]
 | startyear = 1982
 | endyear   = 1985
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1982 NCAA Division II football season|1982]]
 | name         = Portland State
 | overall      = 2–9
 | conference   = 0–4
 | confstanding = 5th
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1983 NCAA Division II football season|1983]]
 | name         = Portland State
 | overall      = 3–7
 | conference   = 1–2
 | confstanding = T–3rd
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [[1984 NCAA Division II football season|1984]]
 | name         = Portland State
 | overall      = 8–3
 | conference   = 3–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1985 NCAA Division II football season|1985]]
 | name         = Portland State
 | overall      = 4–5–1
 | conference   = 2–2–1
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name         = Portland State
 | overall      = 19–33–1
 | confrecord   = 6–8–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Montana Grizzlies football|Montana Grizzlies]]
 | conf      = [[Big Sky Conference]]
 | startyear = 1986
 | endyear   = 1995
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1986]] 
 | name         = [[1986 Montana Grizzlies football team|Montana]]
 | overall      = 6–4
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = 4th
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1987]] 
 | name         = [[1987 Montana Grizzlies football team|Montana]]
 | overall      = 6–5
 | conference   = 5–3
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1988]] 
 | name         = [[1988 Montana Grizzlies football team|Montana]]
 | overall      = 8–4
 | conference   = 6–2
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | bowlname     = [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|NCAA Division I-AA First Round]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1989]] 
 | name         = [[1989 Montana Grizzlies football team|Montana]]
 | overall      = 11–3
 | conference   = 7–1
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | bowlname     = [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1990]] 
 | name         = [[1990 Montana Grizzlies football team|Montana]]
 | overall      = 7–4
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = 4th
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1991]] 
 | name         = [[1991 Montana Grizzlies football team|Montana]]
 | overall      = 7–4
 | conference   = 6–2
 | confstanding = T–2nd
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1992]] 
 | name         = [[1992 Montana Grizzlies football team|Montana]]
 | overall      = 6–5
 | conference   = 4–3
 | confstanding = T–3rd
 | bowlname     =
 | bowloutcome  =
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [[1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1993]] 
 | name         = [[1993 Montana Grizzlies football team|Montana]]
 | overall      = 10–2
 | conference   = 7–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | bowlname     = [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|NCAA Division I-AA First Round]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1994]] 
 | name         = [[1994 Montana Grizzlies football team|Montana]]
 | overall      = 11–3
 | conference   = 5–2
 | confstanding = T–2nd
 | bowlname     = [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | year         = [[1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season|1995]] 
 | name         = [[1995 Montana Grizzlies football team|Montana]]
 | overall      = 13–2
 | conference   = 6–1
 | confstanding = 1st
 | bowlname     = [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|NCAA Division I-AA Championship]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name         = Montana
 | overall      = 85–36
 | confrecord   = 54–22
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 155–126–1
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
}}

==See also==
* [[1995 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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