| Tom Lovat | |
| Sport: | Football --> |
| Birth Date: | 28 December 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Bingham, Utah, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1958–1960 |
| Player Team1: | Utah |
| Player Positions: | Guard, linebacker |
| Coach Years1: | 1967 |
| Coach Team1: | Utah (DL) |
| Coach Years2: | 1968–1970 |
| Coach Team2: | Idaho State (OL) |
| Coach Years3: | 1971 |
| Coach Team3: | Saskatchewan Roughriders (DC) |
| Coach Years4: | 1972–1973 |
| Coach Team4: | Utah (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1974–1976 |
| Coach Team5: | Utah |
| Coach Years6: | 1977–1979 |
| Coach Team6: | Stanford (OL) |
| Coach Years7: | 1980 |
| Coach Team7: | Green Bay Packers (asst. OL) |
| Coach Years8: | 1981–1984 |
| Coach Team8: | St. Louis Cardinals (OL) |
| Coach Years9: | 1985–1988 |
| Coach Team9: | Indianapolis Colts (OL) |
| Coach Years10: | 1989 |
| Coach Team10: | Wyoming Cowboys (OL) |
| Coach Years11: | 1990–1991 |
| Coach Team11: | Phoenix Cardinals (OL) |
| Coach Years12: | 1992–1998 |
| Coach Team12: | Green Bay Packers (OL) |
| Coach Years13: | 1999–2003 |
| Coach Team13: | Seattle Seahawks (OL) |
| Coach Years14: | 2007 |
| Coach Team14: | Cologne Centurions (OL) |
| Overall Record: | 5–28 |
Thomas Lovat (born December 28, 1938) is an American former gridiron football coach.
Lovat started coaching at his alma mater Utah as the defensive line coach in 1967. Next he went to Idaho State University and worked with the defensive secondary and offensive line. Then Lovat moved on to the Canadian Football League (CFL) as the defensive coordinator for the Saskatchewan Roughriders (1971), and then went back to Utah as an assistant in 1972 under Bill Meek,[1] was promoted to head coach in 1974, and lasted three seasons.[2] [3]
Next Lovat coached offensive line at Stanford University from 1977 to 1979 under Bill Walsh. Then he moved up to the National Football League (NFL), hired by Bart Starr of the Green Bay Packers as the assistant offensive line coach in 1980, and then to St. Louis Cardinals under Jim Hanifan from 1981 to 1984, as line coach. Then he coached the Indianapolis Colts from 1985 to 1988; and back to the Cardinals when the team moved to Phoenix, coaching under Joe Bugel, as his line coach from 1990 to 1991. Then he was hired by new head coach Mike Holmgren with the Packers 1992,[3] moved with him to the Seattle Seahawks in 1999, and retired after the 2003 season at age 65.
Lovat's son, Mark Lovat, is currently a strength and conditioning assistant for the Tennessee Titans .