Larry Coyer passed away on Saturday, the organization revealed in a statement. His extensive 50-year coaching career included a seven-season spell as Denver’s defensive coordinator. He was 79.
Larry Coyer Cause Of Death
After an impressive playing career at Marshall, Coyer began his journey as a coach on the football field, leading teams from high school to college, the Arena Football League (AFL), and the NFL.
Coyer, regarded as one of the best defensive brains in the game, did some of his most memorable coachings while he was in Denver.
He was first hired by the Broncos in 2000 as the linebackers coach before being elevated to defensive coordinator from 2003 to 2006, a time during which he took the team to new heights.
Four Broncos defenses that were top-10 in scoring defense during Coyer’s tenure as coordinator helped the team qualify for the 2005 AFC Championship, for the first time since 1999.
Coyer’s other professional coaching experience was in the United States Football League when he worked as the defensive coordinator for the Memphis Showboats and the linebackers coach for the Michigan Panthers (1983–84). (1985–86).
Coyer’s demise was not given a cause.