About Curt Bennett
Lived 1935 – 2011 (aged 75). Curt Bennett was a head coach and american football coach.
Curtis Eugene Bennett (December 16, 1935 – January 26, 2011) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas for 13 seasons over three stints, compiling a record of 59–60–3 His first tenure was from 1966 until the end of the 1973 season. He coached again for one year in 1981 and finally from 1997 until 2000.
Bennett graduated from Sterling High School in 1953. He attended Hutchinson Junior College—now known as Hutchinson Community College—in Hutchinson, Kansas, where he played football as a halfback for two season. Bennett transferred to Sterling College and set an National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) record in 1956 with 2,166 total yards of offense.
Bennett died on January 26, 2011.
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Curt Bennett was born on 16 December 1935 in Sterling.
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Curt Bennett died on 26 January 2011 in Hutchinson.
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Curt Bennett was a head coach and american football coach.
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