Larry Harmon

Larry L. Harmon (March 24, 1941 – September 23, 2016) was an American soccer coach and soccer advocate. For over 30 years Harmon advocated for youth soccer in the United States, primarily in his home state of Indiana. He served on the board of directors for the US Soccer Federation and served as president of the Indiana Youth Soccer Association. Harmon was also the general manager for the now defunct Indiana Blast and Indiana Blaze.

Career in soccer

Starting in 1985, Harmon coached recreation soccer, followed by competitive soccer starting in 1988.

Indiana

Harmon served as co-chair of the 1987 Pan American Games. From 1993 until 2000, Harmon served as president of the Indiana Youth Soccer Association and as chairman of Indiana Soccer from 1995 until 2000. Harmon was general manager of the now-defunct Indiana Blaze and Indiana Blast. He also served as president of the Northeast Youth Soccer Association and chairman of the local Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup organizing committee.

Harmon served as president of the Lawrence Soccer Corporation and is credited with helping to facilitate the development of the Lawrence Soccer Park, a 21-field soccer facility in Lawrence, Indiana, which also serves as the headquarters for Indiana Soccer. His parents were Eve Purvis and Lawrence Harmon. Harmon married Mary Linville in 1969 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The couple have two children, Jonathan and Christopher. He died September 23, 2016, at his home in Indianapolis, Indiana.