Dick Clausen

Dick Clausen

Biographical details
Born	1912 Vining, Iowa, U.S.
Died	December 2000 (aged 88) Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1935	Iowa
Baseball
c. 1935	Iowa
Position(s)	End (football) First baseman (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1938	Clear Lake HS (IA)
1939–1941	Hampton HS (IA)
1942–1947	New Trier HS (IL)
1948–1955	Coe
1956–1957	New Mexico
Basketball
1938–1939	Clear Lake HS (IA)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1958–1972	Arizona
Head coaching record
Overall	43–36–5 (college football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 MCAC (1950, 1952, 1955)

Dick Clausen (1912 – December 2000) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Coe College from 1948 to 1955 and the University of New Mexico from 1956 to 1957, compiling a career college football record of 43–36–5. Clausen was also the athletic director at the University of Arizona from 1958 to 1972.

Born in Vining, Iowa, Clausen attended high school in Sabula, Iowa, graduating in 1928. At the University of Iowa, he played football as an end and baseball, as a first baseman. Clausen died at in December 2000, at the age of 88, in Tucson, Arizona.

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Coe Kohawks (Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1948–1955)
1948	Coe	1–5–2	1–4–1	7th
1949	Coe	1–6–1	0–6	9th
1950	Coe	6–2	5–1	T–1st
1951	Coe	3–5	2–4	6th
1952	Coe	7–1	6–0	1st
1953	Coe	5–2–1	5–0–1	2nd
1954	Coe	4–3–1	4–3–1	4th
1955	Coe	8–0	7–0	1st
Coe:		35–24–5	30–18–3
New Mexico Lobos (Skyline Conference) (1956–1957)
1956	New Mexico	4–6	2–4	6th
1957	New Mexico	4–6	2–4	5th
New Mexico:		8–12	4–8
Total:		43–36–5
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth