Dwight T. Reed facts for kids
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 13, 1915 St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Died | May 31, 2000 (aged 85) Jefferson City, Missouri |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1935–1937 | Minnesota |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1946–1948 | Louisville Municipal |
| 1949–1972 | Lincoln (MO) |
| Basketball | |
| 1955–1959 | Lincoln (MO) |
| Track and field | |
| 1949–1993 | Lincoln (MO) (men's) |
| 1985–1993 | Lincoln (MO) (women's) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1957–1980 | Lincoln (MO) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 149–84–7 (football) 63–61 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 4 MAA/Midwest (1952–1953, 1958, 1962) 1 MIAA (1972) |
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| Awards | |
| All-Big Ten (1935) | |
Dwight Thornton Reed (May 13, 1915 – May 31, 2000) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and track, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Louisville Municipal College—now known as Simmons College of Kentucky—in Louisville, Kentucky and Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri from 1949 to 1972, compiling a career college football coaching record of 149–84–7. As a college football player, Reed lettered three times at the University of Minnesota and competed on the Gopher's 1935 and 1936 national championship squads.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Municipal Bantams (Independent) (1946) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Louisville Municipal | 5–2 | |||||||
| Louisville Municipal Bantams (Midwest Athletic Association) (1947–1948) | |||||||||
| 1947 | Louisville Municipal | 6–1–1 | 2–0–1 | ||||||
| 1948 | Louisville Municipal | 3–5 | |||||||
| Louisville Municipal: | 14–8–1 | ||||||||
| Lincoln Blue Tigers (Midwest Athletic Association / Midwest Conference / Midwestern Conference) (1949–1966) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Lincoln | 3–6 | |||||||
| 1950 | Lincoln | 1–7 | |||||||
| 1951 | Lincoln | 7–2 | |||||||
| 1952 | Lincoln | 8–0–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1953 | Lincoln | 8–0–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1954 | Lincoln | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1955 | Lincoln | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1956 | Lincoln | 5–4 | |||||||
| 1957 | Lincoln | 8–1 | |||||||
| 1958 | Lincoln | 7–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1959 | Lincoln | 7–2–1 | |||||||
| 1960 | Lincoln | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1961 | Lincoln | 2–6 | |||||||
| 1962 | Lincoln | 5–3–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1963 | Lincoln | 5–5 | |||||||
| 1964 | Lincoln | 8–2 | |||||||
| 1965 | Lincoln | 5–5 | |||||||
| 1966 | Lincoln | 7–2 | |||||||
| Lincoln Blue Tigers (NCAA College Division independent) (1967–1969) | |||||||||
| 1967 | Lincoln | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1968 | Lincoln | 8–2 | |||||||
| 1969 | Lincoln | 5–3–1 | |||||||
| Lincoln Blue Tigers (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1970–1972) | |||||||||
| 1970 | Lincoln | 7–3 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1971 | Lincoln | 5–5 | 3–3 | 3rd | |||||
| 1972 | Lincoln | 9–1 | 5–1 | T–1st | |||||
| Lincoln: | 135–76–6 | ||||||||
| Total: | 149–84–7 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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