In 1990, Aaron Keen came to St. Louis as a member of one of football head coach Larry Kindbom’s first recruiting classes. Thirty years later, on Jan. 6, 2020, the University announced that Keen will return to become the next head coach of Washington University’s football team.

This is the second half of a two-part interview with Washington University football head coach Larry Kindbom, who is retiring this season after 31 years coaching the Bears.

The Bears made the last game of Coach Larry Kindbom’s career one to remember, sending their head coach into retirement with a blowout victory over Carroll University, 62-14. Wash. U. finishes the season 7-3, their 24th winning season in Kindbom’s 31 years coaching the team.

This is the first half of a two-part interview with Washington University football head coach Larry Kindbom, who is retiring this season after 31 years coaching the Bears.

To be a servant leader is often aspired for but rarely achieved. Kindbom is an exception that proves the rule: A man so perfectly described by the term that it seems like it was invented to embody him.

As Washington University’s long-time football head coach Larry Kindbom prepares to retire on Saturday after 31 seasons, various current players had the chance to reflect on the coach who, in their words, changed their lives for the better.

Washington University’s football team didn’t get the outcome they were looking for in their final home game of their season and the final home game of head coach Larry Kindbom’s career. Instead of a triumphant victory to send their seniors off, the Bears suffered a loss against Millikin University, 35-28.

Kindbom, winningest football coach in WU history, to retire after 31 seasons Matthew Friedman | Senior Sports Editor When Larry Kindbom arrived as the head coach of the Washington University football team in 1989, the Bears had gone through four different head coaches in ten years and had not had a winning season since 1978. […]

Throwing together a new calendar in 18 months is a lot like finding partners for a group project the day before it’s due.

In a unique twist to the term “student athletics,” the Washington University football team had to do just that for the 2017 season.

From academic crisis to a nationally televised sucker punch to the rise of women’s sports, numerous members of the Washington University community have lived, played and worked through headline events in Division I sports.