Howard Donald McLeary (born January 2, 1948) is an American politician and former college football player and coach.
[7] From 1984 to 1985, McLeary was special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach for the Los Angeles Express of the United States Football League.
[1] In the 2006 general election, Don McLeary was defeated by 477 votes in a huge upset by Democratic opponent Lowe Finney.
McLeary co-sponsored Senate Joint Resolution 31 in 2005 to put on the November 2006 gubernatorial election ballot a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee to ban gay marriage.
The bill, passed in April 2004, was co-sponsored by Roscoe Dixon in the state senate and by Johnny Shaw and Jimmy Eldridge in the House.