Roy Dennis (American football)

Roy Dennis (1905 – January 7, 1988) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Occidental College from 1945 to 1956, compiling a record of 52–39–4. Dennis also coached basketball, baseball, tennis, swimming, and water polo at Occidental and was the school's athletic director until 1970.^[1][2]

Roy Dennis

Dennis, circa 1952
Biographical details
Born	1905 (1905)
Died	(1988-01-07)January 7, 1988 (aged 82) Laguna Hills, California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1929–1932	Occidental
Baseball
c. 1930	Occidental
Position(s)	End (football) First baseman (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1934	Occidental (assistant)
1935–?	Occidental (freshmen)
1945–1956	Occidental
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1945–1970	Occidental
Head coaching record
Overall	52–39–4 (football)
Bowls	1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 3 SCC/SCIAC (1948, 1951, 1953)

Dennis attended Los Angeles High School in Los Angeles, where he won honors playing football, basketball, and baseball. He then move on to Occidental, where he played football as an end and baseball as a first baseman, winning all-Southern California Conference honors in both sports before graduating in 1933. Dennis joined the coaching staff at his alma mater in the fall of 1934 as assistant football coach under Bill Anderson. The following year he coach the freshman football, basketball, and baseball teams.^[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Occidental Tigers (Southern California Conference / Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1945–1956)
1945	Occidental	1–4
1946	Occidental	1–4–2	1–2–1	4th
1947	Occidental	4–3–1	2–1–1	2nd
1948	Occidental	9–0	4–0	1st	W Raisin
1949	Occidental	4–4	1–3	4th
1950	Occidental	4–4	1–3	4th
1951	Occidental	6–2	4–0	1st
1952	Occidental	4–4	3–1	2nd
1953	Occidental	6–2	3–1	T–1st
1954	Occidental	4–4–1	2–2	3rd
1955	Occidental	6–2	2–2	3rd
1956	Occidental	3–6	1–3	4th
Occidental:		52–39–4
Total:		52–39–4
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth