About Dick Gwinn
Dick Gwinn was an american football player.
Richard L. Gwinn (born ) is an American former football player and coach. He serves as the football head coach at Weber State College—now known as Weber State University—in Ogden, Utah, from 1973 to 1976, compiling a record.
Playing career Gwinn played guard at the University of Oklahoma under head coach Bud Wilkinson from 1956 to 1958. The Sooners were undefeated in 1956 and lost only once in both 1957 and 1958.
Coaching career Gwinn was an assistant coach at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in Miami, Oklahoma, from 1968 to 1970, when the team compiled a record in three seasons and won the NJCAA National Football Championship in 1969. He was hired as the defensive coordinator at Weber State in the Big Sky Conference in 1971 and succeeded Sark Arslanian as head coach in January 1973. During his fourth year in 1976, Gwinn announced his resignation in mid-October, effective at the end of the season.
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