Thomas Lovat is a former American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 coach in the NCAA

College football

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, National Football League

National Football League

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, and the Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

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Lovat started coaching at Utah

Utah Utes football

The Utah Utes football program is a college football team that currently competes in the Pacific-12 Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I and represents the University of Utah. The Utah college football program began in 1892 and has played home games at Rice–Eccles...

, there he became the defensive line coach in 1967. Next he went to Idaho State University

Idaho State University

Idaho State University is a public university located in Pocatello, Idaho. It has outreach programs in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Falls, Boise, and Twin Falls....

 (1968–70) coaching the defensive secondary and offensive line. Then Lovat moved on to the CFL

Canadian Football League

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 as the defensive coordinator for the Ottawa Rough Riders

Ottawa Rough Riders

The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a...

 (1971), and then went back to Utah as an assistant from 1972–73 and became the head coach 1974–76.

Next Lovat coached at Stanford University

Stanford University

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 from 1977–79 with Bill Walsh. Then he was hired by Bart Starr

Bart Starr

Bryan Bartlett "Bart" Starr is a former professional American football player and coach. Wearing #15, he was the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers from 1956 to 1971 and head coach from 1975 to 1983, compiling a record of 52–76–3 ....

 of the Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers

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 as the assistant offensive line coach in 1980, and then to St. Louis Cardinals

Arizona Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 under Jim Hanifan

Jim Hanifan

Jim Hanifan is a longtime American football coach and former head coach of the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Falcons. He compiled a career record of 39-53-1.-Playing career:...

 from 1981–84, as line coach. Then he coached the Indianapolis Colts

Indianapolis Colts

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 from 1985–88; and back to the Cardinals when the team moved to Phoenix, coaching under Joe Bugel

Joe Bugel

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, as his line coach from 1990–91. Then he was hired by Mike Holmgren

Mike Holmgren

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 with the Packers from 1992–98,and finished his career with the Seattle Seahawks

Seattle Seahawks

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 in 2003, finishing twelve years coaching for Holmgren.

His son, Mark Lovat

Mark Lovat

-Biography:Lovat was born in Pocatello, Idaho. He is the son of former Packers assistant coach and Utah Utes head coach Tom Lovat. Lovat graduated from Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana where he was a member of a state champion football team and captain of a state champion baseball team...

, is the current Strength and Conditioning Coordinator for the Packers.

Head coaching record