Dean Pryor

Richard Dean Pryor (November 22, 1930 – March 4, 2019) was an American football player and coach, track coach, decathlete, and college athletics administrator. 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 Coffeyville Junior College—now known as Coffeyville Community College—in Coffeyville, Kansas from 1960 to 1961 and the school's head track coach from 1957 to 1961.^[2]

Dean Pryor

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
Positions	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 (backfield)
1964–1966	Hastings
1967–1969	Kansas State (assistant)
1970–1971	South Dakota State
Track
1957–1961	Coffeyville
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1975–1979	Arkansas State
Head coaching record
Overall	18–28–1 (college football) 15–7 (junior college football)

Pryor played high school football Fredonia High School in Fredonia, Kansas and college football at the University of Arkansas from 1950 to 1952. As a senior, he was co-captain of 1952 Arkansas Razorbacks football team.^[3] In 1952, he participated in the United States Olympic Trials in the decathlon, finishing in eighth place.^[4]

As head football coach at Coffeyville, Pryor lead his team to records of 6–5 in 1960 and 9–2 in 1961. He left Coffeyville in 1962 to become backfield coach at the Municipal University of Wichita—no known as Wichita State University—under head football coach Marcelino Huerta.^[5]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Hastings Broncos (Great Plains College Association / Nebraska College Conference) (1964–1966)
1964	Hastings	6–3	2–1 / 2–2	2nd / 3rd
Hastings Broncos (Nebraska College Conference) (1965–1966)
1965	Hastings	4–6	1–3	4th
1966	Hastings	3–4–1	2–2	3rd
Hastings:		13–13–1	7–8
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	6–5	5–3	T–3rd
1961	Coffeyville	9–2	7–1	2nd
Coffeyville:		15–7	12–4
Total:		15–7

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