Former Head Football Coach Lloyd Eaton Died March 14
Former Alma College head football coach Lloyd Eaton passed away March 14, 2007 in Idaho.
FOX Sports "Former Wyoming coach Lloyd Eaton dies"
Black Hills Pioneer, South Dakota - Obituary
The "100 Years of Alma Football", published in 1994, recorded Eaton's gridiron triumphs...
"Lloyd N. Eaton arrived at Alma in the fall of 1949. A native of South Dakota, he was an outstanding football, track and boxing athlete at Belle Fourche High School. He was a graduate of Black Hills State Teachers College where "he gained fame at an end position on the grid squad" and was captain of the team his junior year. He remained at Black Hills after graduation as line coach for one year. Then, to DuPre High School for several years until war service interrupted his coaching career. He then coached at Bennett County High School in South Dakota, thence to earn the master's degree from the University of Michigan. 
While at Michigan, he coached the 150-pound football team. He arrived at Alma from the University of Indiana where he had started studies for his doctorate. He coached the Scots to a combined record of 40 wins, 20 defeats and 2 ties, which included MIAA championship titles in 1950 and 1951. His influence was important to his players and, in particular, Denny Stolz whose coaching leadership would later add to the Scot tradition. Eaton left the Alma campus in 1956 and coached at Northern Michigan University for one year. He was the defensive line coach at the University of Wyoming from 1957 through 1961 and was the head coach of the Cowboys 1962-70. He coached the Wyoming team to 103 victories, 44 losses and 5 ties during this period and his .694 winning percentage ranked him as the 16th winningest major college coach at that time. A Sun Bowl victory over Florida State in 1967 was one of the highlights of his coaching career. The University of Wyoming team was also undefeated in regular season play in 1968. In 1970, he became the Director of Player Personnel for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL and later served as the western regional director for the BLESKO player rating service of the NFL. He retired during the mid-1980s and was elected to the Alma Athletic Hall of Fame in 1973."
Posted: Wed, March 21st, 2007 at 10:50AM
