Dennis Wagner

For the German chess grandmaster, see Dennis Wagner (chess player).

Dennis Wagner (born March 9, 1958)^[1] is an American football coach. He was the head football coach at Briar Cliff University from 2017 to 2020. Wagner served as the head football at Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska from 1989 to 1996 and at Western Carolina University from 2008 to 2011. He took over as the twelfth head coach of the Western Carolina Catamounts football program on December 31, 2007 and resigned on November 13, 2011.^[2][3]

Dennis Wagner

Biographical details
Born	(1958-03-09) March 9, 1958 (age 67) Waverly, Iowa, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1976	Drake
1977	Ellsworth
1978–1979	Utah
Position(s)	Center, guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1980	Luther (OL)
1981–1982	UNLV (TE/OT)
1983	William Penn (OL)
1984	UNLV (DL/AS&C)
1985–1988	St. Cloud State (OC/S&C)
1989–1996	Wayne State (NE)
1997–2003	Fresno State (AHC/OL)
2004–2007	Nebraska (OL)
2008–2011	Western Carolina
2012–2016	Liberty (assoc. HC / OL)
2017–2020	Briar Cliff
Track and field
1983	William Penn
Head coaching record
Overall	63–95–1 (football)

Playing career

Wagner begin his collegiate playing days in 1976 at Drake University, then transferred to Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa, where he became a JUCO All-American and team captain. Wagner completed his playing career at the University of Utah, and was selected team captain his senior season. He earned All-Western Athletic Conference (WAC) honors and an honorable-mention All-America honor as an offensive guard.^[4]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Wayne State Wildcats (Central States Intercollegiate Conference) (1989)
1989	Wayne State	4–7	0–3	4th
Wayne State Wildcats (NCAA Division II independent) (1990–1996)
1990	Wayne State	7–4
1991	Wayne State	3–7
1992	Wayne State	5–4–1
1993	Wayne State	9–1
1994	Wayne State	7–3
1995	Wayne State	6–4
1996	Wayne State	3–7
Wayne State:		44–37–1	0–3
Western Carolina Catamounts (Southern Conference) (2008–2011)
2008	Western Carolina	3–9	1–7	8th
2009	Western Carolina	2–9	1–7	9th
2010	Western Carolina	2–9	1–7	T–8th
2011	Western Carolina	1–9	0–8	9th
Western Carolina:		8–36	3–29
Briar Cliff Chargers (Great Plains Athletic Conference) (2017–2020)
2017	Briar Cliff	0–11	0–8	9th
2018	Briar Cliff	6–5	4–5	6th
2019	Briar Cliff	5–6	4–5	T–5th
2020–21	Briar Cliff	1–8	1–8	10th
Briar Cliff:		12–30	9–26
Total:		64–103–1