American football coach and administrator (1912–2000)
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 MWC (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.[1] Clausen died at in December 2000, at the age of 88, in Tucson, Arizona.[2]
^Kailer, J. D. (January 1, 1956). "UNM Hires Winner In Dick Clausen". Albuquerque Journal. Albuquerque, New Mexico. p. 6. Retrieved October 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
^"N. M. Coach". Albuquerque Journal. Albuquerque, New Mexico. December 14, 2000. p. 37. Retrieved October 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
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