Dean Pryor
American football player, coach, and decathlete (1930–2019)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1930-11-22)November 22, 1930 Corning, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | March 4, 2019(2019-03-04) (aged 88) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1950–1952 | Arkansas |
| Track | |
| 1951–1953 | Arkansas |
| Position(s) | Running back (football) Decathlon (track) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1956 | Lakeland HS (FL) (assistant) |
| 1957–1959 | Coffeyville (assistant) |
| 1960–1961 | Coffeyville |
| 1962–1963 | Wichita (assistant) |
| 1964–1966 | Hastings |
| 1967–1969 | Kansas State (assistant) |
| 1970–1971 | South Dakota State |
| Track | |
| 1958–1962 | Coffeyville |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 18–28–1 (college football) |
Richard Dean Pryor (November 22, 1930 – March 4, 2019) was an American football player and coach, track coach, and decathlete. He served as the head football coach at Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska from 1964 to 1966 and South Dakota State University from 1970 to 1971, comping a career college football head coaching record of 18–28–1.[1] Prior was also the head football coach at at Coffeyville Junior College—now known as Coffeyville Community College—in Coffeyville, Kansas from 1960 to 1961 and the school's head track coach from 1958 to 1962.[2]
Pryor played college football at the University of Arkansas from 1950 to 1952.[3] In 1952, he participated in the United States Olympic Trials in the decathlon, finishing in eighth place.[4]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings Broncos (Nebraska College Conference) (1964–1966) | |||||||||
| 1964 | Hastings | 6–3 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1965 | Hastings | 4–6 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1966 | Hastings | 3–4–1 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
| Hastings: | 13–13–1 | 5–7 | |||||||
| South Dakota State Jackrabbits (North Central Conference) (1970–1971) | |||||||||
| 1970 | South Dakota State | 2–8 | 1–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1971 | South Dakota State | 3–7 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
| South Dakota State: | 5–15 | 3–9 | |||||||
| Total: | 18–28–1 | ||||||||
Junior college football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffeyville Red Ravens (Kansas Junior College Conference) (1960–1961) | |||||||||
| 1960 | Coffeyville | 5–3 | T–3rd | ||||||
| 1961 | Coffeyville | 7–1 | 2nd | ||||||
| Coffeyville: | 12–4 | ||||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
References
- ^ "Dean Pryor". menkefueralhome.com. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "Dean Pryor". Coffeyville Community College. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "Dean Pryor". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "USA Olympic Trials, Los Angeles 1952". brinkster.net. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference All-Time Football Standings" (PDF). Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. p. 3. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
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Coffeyville Red Ravens head football coaches
- Art Kahler (1926–1927)
- Bert Neis (1928–1929)
- Lester Dillow (1930–1931)
- Harold Baker (1932–1936)
- Warren Littrell (1937–1941)
- Demp Cannon (1942–1948)
- Cliff Long (1949–1956)
- Bill Jurney (1957–1959)
- Dean Pryor (1960–1961)
- Bill Mills (1962–1966)
- Reginald Hurd (1967–1969)
- Mark Bolick (1970–1972)
- Jerry Cook (1973)
- Charles Cooper (1974)
- Dick Foster (1975–1988)
- Skip Foster (1989–2000)
- Jeff Leiker (2001–2007)
- Darian Dulin (2008–2011)
- Aaron Flores (2012–2019)
- Jeff Leiker (2020–2023)
- Nick Dobler (2024– )
