American football coach and college athletics administrator
Donnie Duncan
Biographical details
Born
(1940-08-28)August 28, 1940
Died
March 12, 2016(2016-03-12) (aged 75) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1960
Austin
Football
c. 1960
Austin
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1962
Dublin HS (TX) (line)
1963
Tarleton State (OE)
1965–1966
Honey Grove HS (TX)
1967–1969
Henderson County (assistant)
1970–1972
Navarro
1973–1978
Oklahoma (assistant)
1979–1982
Iowa State
Track and field
1967–1970
Henderson County
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1970–1973
Navarro
1986–1996
Oklahoma
1996–2016
Big 12 (dir. of football ops.)
Head coaching record
Overall
18–24–2 (college football) 24–7–1 (junior college football) 20–3–1 (high school football)
Bowls
1–0 (junior college)
Donnie Duncan (August 28, 1940 – March 12, 2016) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Iowa State University from 1979 to 1982, compiling a record of 18–24–2. His 1980 and 1981 Cyclones squads both made appearances in the national rankings. The 1981 Cyclones began the season at 5–1–1 and rose to No. 11 in the AP Poll. Led by future National Football League (NFL) players Dwayne Crutchfield, Dan Johnson, Karl Nelson and Chris Washington, the Cyclones tied No. 5 Oklahoma (7–7) and downed No. 8 Missouri (34–13).
A native of Celeste, Texas, Duncan played college football and college baseball at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. He began his coaching career in 1962 as line coach at Dublin High School in Dublin, Texas. The following year he moved to Tarleton State College—now known as Tarleton State University—in Stephenville, Texas as offensive ends coach. From 1965 to 1966, Duncan was the head football coach at Honey Grove High School in Honey Grove, Texas, leading the Warriors to a record of 20–3–1 in two season. In 1967, he was hired at Henderson County Junior College—now known as Trinity Valley Community College—as assistant football coach under Bob Baccarini and track coach.[1]
Duncan from cancer on March 12, 2016, in Dallas.[2]
^"Cardinals Name Duncan Assistant". Tyler Morning Telegraph. Tyler, Texas. January 31, 1967. p. 9. Retrieved June 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^Peterson, Randy (March 13, 2016). "Former ISU coach Donnie Duncan dies". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
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1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach DonnieDuncan, the Cyclones compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–5 in...
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1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach DonnieDuncan, the Cyclones compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 3–4 in...
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