Dwight T. Reed
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 13, 1915 St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | May 31, 2000 (aged 85) Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1935–1937 | Minnesota |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1946–1948 | Louisville Municipal |
| 1949–1972 | Lincoln (MO) |
| Basketball | |
| 1955–1959 | Lincoln (MO) |
| Track and field | |
| 1949–1993 | Lincoln (MO) (men's) |
| 1985–1993 | Lincoln (MO) (women's) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1957–1980 | Lincoln (MO) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 149–84–7 (football) 63–61 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 4 MAA/Midwest (1952–1953, 1958, 1962) 1 MIAA (1972) | |
| Awards | |
| All-Big Ten (1935) | |
Dwight Thornton Reed (May 13, 1915 – May 31, 2000) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and track, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Louisville Municipal College (a separate Negro College of University of Louisville) in Louisville, Kentucky and Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri from 1949 to 1972, compiling a career college football coaching record of 149–84–7.[1] As a college football player, Reed lettered three times at the University of Minnesota and competed on the Gopher's 1935 and 1936 national championship squads.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Municipal Bantams (Independent) (1946) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Louisville Municipal | 5–2 | |||||||
| Louisville Municipal Bantams (Midwest Athletic Association) (1947–1948) | |||||||||
| 1947 | Louisville Municipal | 6–1–1 | 2–0–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1948 | Louisville Municipal | 3–5 | 0–3 | 5th | |||||
| Louisville Municipal: | 14–8–1 | 2–3–1 | |||||||
| Lincoln Blue Tigers (Midwest Athletic Association / Midwest Conference / Midwestern Conference) (1949–1966) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Lincoln | 3–6 | 0–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1950 | Lincoln | 1–7 | 0–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1951 | Lincoln | 7–2 | 1–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1952 | Lincoln | 8–0–1 | 4–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1953 | Lincoln | 8–0–1 | 4–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1954 | Lincoln | 4–3–1 | 3–2 | 4th | |||||
| 1955 | Lincoln | 5–3 | 3–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1956 | Lincoln | 5–4 | 1–2 | 5th | |||||
| 1957 | Lincoln | 8–1 | 2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1958 | Lincoln | 7–1 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1959 | Lincoln | 7–2–1 | 0–2–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1960 | Lincoln | 3–5 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1961 | Lincoln | 2–6 | 0–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1962 | Lincoln | 5–3–1 | 2–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1963 | Lincoln | 5–5 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1964 | Lincoln | 8–2 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1965 | Lincoln | 5–5 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1966 | Lincoln | 7–2 | 1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| Lincoln Blue Tigers (NCAA College Division independent) (1967–1969) | |||||||||
| 1967 | Lincoln | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1968 | Lincoln | 8–2 | |||||||
| 1969 | Lincoln | 5–3–1 | |||||||
| Lincoln Blue Tigers (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1970–1972) | |||||||||
| 1970 | Lincoln | 7–3 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1971 | Lincoln | 5–5 | 3–3 | 3rd | |||||
| 1972 | Lincoln | 9–1 | 5–1 | T–1st | |||||
| Lincoln: | 135–76–6 | 43–31–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 149–84–7 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- ^ "Dwight Reed". Lincoln University. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Dwight Reed". Sports-Reference College Football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- 1915 births
- 2000 deaths
- American football ends
- Basketball coaches from Minnesota
- Lincoln Blue Tigers athletic directors
- Lincoln Blue Tigers football coaches
- Lincoln Blue Tigers men's basketball coaches
- Louisville Municipal Bantams football coaches
- Minnesota Golden Gophers football players
- College track and field coaches in Missouri
- Players of American football from Saint Paul, Minnesota
- African-American coaches of American football
- African-American basketball coaches
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
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