Beginning his first season with the Falcon coaching staff, Don Laut is not new to community college football. He has spent the last 16 years coaching football at Long Beach City College. Although Laut has coaching tight ends, running backs and defensive linemen, he has spent the majoring of his coaching career with linebackers and serving as the team’s strength coach. As a linebackers coach, Laut produced over 15 all-conference players, as well as two community college All-Americans who have gone on to play in the National Football League.

    Laut attended Channel Islands High in Oxnard, where he was a standout in football and track and field. In football, he was an All-CIF selection, while in track and field he was a four-time league champion. He then went on to Moorpark College, where he was an all-conference selection and state champion in the shot put. Laut then received a scholarship to Cal State Long Beach, where he continued his career in football and track and field. Laut went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education with a Master’s degree in Education from Azusa Pacific University

    Laut currently works at Bancroft Middle School in Long Beach as a physical education instructor. He lives in Lakewood with his wife of 14 years, Rebecca, and their three children – Aaron (12), Cody (12) and Megan (8).