Lloyd Eaton Lloyd W . Eaton ( March 23 , 1918 – March 14 , 2007 ) was an American football player , coach , and executive . He served as the head coach at Alma College ( 1949 – 1955 ) , Northern Michigan University ( 1956 ) , and the University of Wyoming ( 1962 – 1970 ) , compiling a career college football record of 104 – 53 – 4 . Eaton then worked as the director of player personnel for the NFL ' s Green Bay Packers . Growing up in Belle Fourche , South Dakota , Eaton was an outstanding football , track , and boxing athlete at Belle Fourche High School . After High School , he graduated from Black Hills State Teachers College where he played end and became captain of the team in his junior year . He remained at Black Hills after graduation , becoming the line coach there for one year . Eaton then coached football at DuPre High School for several years leading up to his service in World War II . Following the War , he returned to coaching at Bennett County High School in Martin , South Dakota , and then earned a master ' s degree at the University of Michigan . While at Michigan , he coached the 150 - pound football team . He began doctoral studies at Indiana University , then moved on to coach football at Alma College in Michigan . There his teams won the 1950 and 1951 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship titles , and he compiled a record of 40 – 20 – 2 . His influence there was felt by player Denny Stolz , who later became a successful coach . Eaton was a detail - oriented disciplinarian who made a name for himself by introducing new techniques that helped smaller defensive linemen . " [ Smaller defensive linemen ] became very popular as a result , " recalled Paul Roach , Eaton ' s assistant at Wyoming . " I think this became somewhat of a springboard for him to be elevated as a head football coach , and he certainly had an outstanding career as a head football coach . " Eaton left Alma in 1956 , and coached at Northern Michigan University for one year before . From 1957 to 1961 , Eaton served as defensive line coach at the University of Wyoming , and in 1962 , he succeeded Bob Devaney as head coach there . In that role , he became one of the university ' s most successful coaches , compiling a record of 57 – 33 – 2 . His greatest success came in the 1966 , 1967 , and 1968 seasons . In those three years , the team posted back - to - back 10 – 1 seasons , including a 14 - game winning streak from November 5 , 1966 to January 1 , 1968 , then followed this by going undefeated through the 1968 regular season . His teams won the 1966 Sun Bowl and played in the 1968 Sugar Bowl . Eaton was coach during the 1969 " Black 14 " episode in which 14 Wyoming players were kicked off the team for planning to wear black armbands during a game against BYU . The players were protesting the racial policies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints . Before leaving Wyoming , Eaton had compiled a career record of 104 – 53 – 5 and was the 16th winningest major college coach to that time . In 1970 , the NFL came calling , and Eaton became the Director of Player Personnel for the Green Bay Packers and later served as the western regional director for the BLESKO player rating service of the NFL . In 1973 , he was elected to the Alma ( College ) Athletic Hall of Fame , and in 1984 to the Wyoming Coaches Association Hall of Fame . Eaton retired in the mid - 1980s , and died at the age of 88 on March 14 , 2007 in Nampa , Idaho .