Larry Korver

Lawrence "Bubb" Korver is a retired American football coach. He served as the head coach at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa from 1967 to 1994, compiling a record of 212–77–6. Korver led Northwestern to two NAIA Division II Football National Championships, in 1973 and 1983.^[1] He was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1990.^[2] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2025.^[3]

Larry Korver

Playing career
Football
1952–1953	Northwestern JC (IA)
1954–1955	South Dakota State
Basketball
1955–1956	South Dakota State
Position(s)	Halfback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
c. 1957	Walnut Grove HS (MN)
1960–1961	Maurice-Orange City HS (IA) (assistant)
1962–1966	Luverne HS (MN)
1967–1994	Northwestern (IA)
Head coaching record
Overall	212–77–6 (college)
Tournaments	15–9 (NAIA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 NAIA Division II National (1973, 1983) 10 Tri-State (1971–1980) 1 Tri-State Athletic (1988) 1 Nebraska-Iowa (1994)
Awards
NAIA Coach of the Year (1973) NAIA Division II Coach of the Year (1985) NAIA Hall of Fame (1990)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2025 (profile)

A native of Orange City, attended Northwestern when it was a junior college and then South Dakota State University. He played football at both schools. Korver coached at Walnut Grove High School in Walnut Grove, Minnesota and Maurice-Orange City High School in his hometown. He was the head football coach for five seasons, from 1962 to 1966, at Luverne High School in Luverne, Minnesota, leading his teams to record of 21–20–1.^[4][5]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Northwestern Red Raiders (Tri-State Conference) (1968–1980)
1967	Northwestern	0–7–1	0–5–1	7th
1968	Northwestern	7–2	4–2	3rd
1969	Northwestern	7–2	4–2	3rd
1970	Northwestern	6–3	4–2	3rd
1971	Northwestern	6–3	4–1	1st
1972	Northwestern	10–1	5–0	1st	L NAIA Division II Championship
1973	Northwestern	12–0	5–0	1st	W NAIA Division II Championship
1974	Northwestern	8–2	5–0	1st
1975	Northwestern	7–2–1	3–1	T–1st
1976	Northwestern	5–5	4–0	1st
1977	Northwestern	6–4	2–0	1st
1978	Northwestern	9–2	2–0	1st	L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal
1979	Northwestern	10–2	2–0	1st	L NAIA Division II Championship
1980	Northwestern	6–3	2–0	1st
Northwestern Red Raiders (NAIA Division II independent) (1981–1987)
1981	Northwestern	6–2–1
1982	Northwestern	12–1			L NAIA Division II Semifinal
1983	Northwestern	14–0			W NAIA Division II Championship
1984	Northwestern	11–2			L NAIA Division II Championship
1985	Northwestern	9–1–1			L NAIA Division II Semifinal
1986	Northwestern	8–2
1987	Northwestern	3–7
Northwestern Red Raiders (Tri-State Athletic Conference) (1988–1990)
1988	Northwestern	12–1	3–0	1st	L NAIA Division II Quarterfinal
1989	Northwestern	6–4–1	2–1	2nd
1990	Northwestern	5–5	2–1	2nd
Northwestern Red Raiders (NAIA Division II independent) (1991)
1991	Northwestern	4–5
Northwestern Red Raiders (Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference) (1992–1994)
1992	Northwestern	8–2–1	4–1–1	2nd	L NAIA Division II First Round
1993	Northwestern	5–5	2–4	5th
1994	Northwestern	10–2	6–0	1st	L NAIA Division II Semifinal
Northwestern:		212–77–6	65–20–2
Total:		212–77–6
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

See also

• List of college football career coaching wins leaders