Dennis Wagner
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach (football) |
| Team | Briar Cliff |
| Conference | GPAC |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 9, 1958 Waverly, Iowa |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1976 | Drake |
| 1977 | Ellsworth CC |
| 1978–1979 | Utah |
| Position(s) | Center, guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1980 | Luther (OL) |
| 1981–1982 | UNLV (TE/OT) |
| 1983 | William Penn (OL) |
| 1984 | UNLV (DL/AS&C) |
| 1985–1988 | St. Cloud State (OC/S&C) |
| 1989–1996 | Wayne State (NE) |
| 1997–2003 | Fresno State (AHC/OL) |
| 2004–2007 | Nebraska (OL) |
| 2008–2011 | Western Carolina |
| 2012–2016 | Liberty (assoc. HC / OL) |
| 2017–present | Briar Cliff |
| Track and field | |
| 1983 | William Penn |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 52–73–1 (football) |
Dennis Wagner (born March 9, 1958)[1] is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Briar Cliff University. Wagner served as the head football at Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska from 1989 to 1996 and at Western Carolina University from 2008 to 2011. He took over as the twelfth head coach of the Western Carolina Catamounts football program on December 31, 2007 and resigned on November 13, 2011.[2][3]
Playing career
Wagner begin his collegiate playing days in 1976 at Drake University, then transferred to Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa, where he became a JUCO All-American and team captain. Wagner completed his playing career at the University of Utah, and was selected team captain his senior season. He earned All-Western Athletic Conference (WAC) honors and an honorable-mention All-America honor as an offensive guard.[4]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne State Wildcats () (1989–1996) | |||||||||
| 1989 | Wayne State | 4–7 | |||||||
| 1990 | Wayne State | 7–4 | |||||||
| 1991 | Wayne State | 3–7 | |||||||
| 1992 | Wayne State | 5–4–1 | |||||||
| 1993 | Wayne State | 9–1 | |||||||
| 1994 | Wayne State | 7–3 | |||||||
| 1995 | Wayne State | 6–4 | |||||||
| 1996 | Wayne State | 3–7 | |||||||
| Wayne State: | 44–37–1 | ||||||||
| Western Carolina Catamounts (Southern Conference) (2008–2011) | |||||||||
| 2008 | Western Carolina | 3–9 | 1–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2009 | Western Carolina | 2–9 | 1–7 | 9th | |||||
| 2010 | Western Carolina | 2–9 | 1–7 | 9th | |||||
| 2011 | Western Carolina | 1–9 | 0–7 | 9th | |||||
| Western Carolina: | 8–36 | 2–14 | |||||||
| Briar Cliff Chargers (Great Plains Athletic Conference) (2017–present) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Briar Cliff | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Briar Cliff: | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 52–73–1 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Bio: Dennis Wagner". Catamount Sports.
- ^ "Western Carolina names Dennis Wagner head football coach". Western Carolina University. December 31, 2007.
- ^ Lang, Chris (January 6, 2012). "Gill announces new coaching staff at LU". Nelson County Times. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "2008 WCU Media Guide". WCU. 2008.
- 1958 births
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- Utah Utes football players
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- College track and field coaches in the United States
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