Dave Dallas

Dave Dallas is an American football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University until he resigned after completion of the 2013 season. From 1989 to 1996, Dallas was the head football coach at Ottawa University. From 2014 to 2016 he was the head coach at North County High School in Bonne Terre, Missouri.^[1]

Dave Dallas

Playing career
1979–1982	Missouri Western
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1984	Missouri Western (GA)
1985	Northeast Missouri State (assistant)
1986	Rolla HS (MO)
1987–1988	Graceland
1989–1996	Ottawa (KS)
1997–2013	Kansas Wesleyan
2014–2016	North County HS (MO)
Head coaching record
Overall	132–119–1 (college)
Bowls	0–2
Tournaments	0–2 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 KCAC (2001–2002)

Playing career

Dallas played college football at Missouri Western in St. Joseph, Missouri, from 1979 until 1982. After playing, he continued to work with the Griffons as a graduate assistant in the football program.^[2]

Coaching career

Ottawa (KS)

Dallas served as the head football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas for eight seasons, from 1989 to 1996.

Kansas Wesleyan

After coaching at Ottawa, Dallas became the 19th head football coach at the Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas. He held that position for 17 seasons from 1997 until his resignation in 2013.^[3]

In 2000, he coached the Coyotes in the American Family Charity Bowl against conference rival Bethany, losing 20–3.^[4] His 2001 team was declared Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference co-champions^[5] and then the team won the title outright in 2002.^[6] For both the 2001 and 2002 seasons, Kansas Wesleyan qualified for the NAIA Football National Championship playoffs.^[7]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	NAIA#
Ottawa Braves (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1989–1996)
1989	Ottawa	3–7	3–6	7th
1990	Ottawa	5–5	5–4	T–5th
1991	Ottawa	5–5	5–4	T–4th
1992	Ottawa	5–3–1	5–3	T–3rd
1993	Ottawa	6–4	5–3	3rd
1994	Ottawa	5–5	5–3	T–4th
1995	Ottawa	7–3	6–2	2nd	L Wheat
1996	Ottawa	1–8	1–7	8th
Ottawa:		37–40–1	35–32
Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1997–present)
1997	Kansas Wesleyan	2–7	2–6	T–7th
1998	Kansas Wesleyan	5–4	4–4	T–4th
1999	Kansas Wesleyan	2–7	2–6	T–7th
2000	Kansas Wesleyan	7–4	6–3	T–3rd	L American Family Charity Bowl	T–24
2001	Kansas Wesleyan	8–3	8–1	T–1st	L NAIA First Round	17
2002	Kansas Wesleyan	8–3	8–1	1st	L NAIA First Round	18
2003	Kansas Wesleyan	4–6	4–5	T–6th
2004	Kansas Wesleyan	5–5	5–4	T–2nd
2005	Kansas Wesleyan	8–2	7–2	2nd		20
2006	Kansas Wesleyan	8–2	7–2	T–3rd		20
2007	Kansas Wesleyan	5–5	4–5	T–5th
2008	Kansas Wesleyan	6–4	5–4	T–4th
2009	Kansas Wesleyan	5–5	4–5	5th
2010	Kansas Wesleyan	7–3	6–3	3rd		20
2011	Kansas Wesleyan	5–7	5–4	T–4th
2012	Kansas Wesleyan	6–5	6–3	3rd
2013	Kansas Wesleyan	4–7	3–6	T–7th
Kansas Wesleyan:		95–79	86–64
Total:		132–119–1
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
#Final rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll.