- Dave Holmes (American football)
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Dave Holmes Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born January 7, 1924 Died August 25, 1999 (aged 75) Place of death near Avery, Idaho Playing career 1940s Whitworth Position(s) Guard Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1952–1954
1955–1962
1963–1967
1968–1973
1974–1984Tonasket HS (WA)
North Central HS (WA)
Eastern Washington
Hawaii
University HS (WA)Head coaching record Overall 80–30–2 (college)
95–66–7 (high school)Tournaments 1–1 (NAIA playoffs) Statistics College Football Data Warehouse David L. "Dave" Holmes (January 7, 1924 – August 25, 1999) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach at Eastern Washington State College, now Eastern Washington University, from 1963 to 1967, where his record was 34–13–1. Holmes then went on to the University of Hawaii (1968–1973), where he still holds the record for highest career winning percentage (.718). Under Holmes, Hawaii never had a losing season. Holmes was a graduate of Tonasket High School and Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington. Holmes began and ended his head coaching career as a high school coach in Spokane. Prior to his tenure at Eastern Washington, he was the head coach at North Central High School, where he compiled a 35–28–4 record. Holmes finished his coaching career at University High School. His record at University was 60–38–3 from 1974 to 1984. His career prep record was 95–66–7. Holmes died on August 25, 1999 at the age of 75 of an apparent heart attack while fly fishing in Northern Idaho.[1]
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Head coaching record
College
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Eastern Washington State Savages (Evergreen Conference) (1963–1967) 1963 Eastern Washington 3–6 1964 Eastern Washington 5–4 1965 Eastern Washington 8–1 1966 Eastern Washington 7–1–1 1967 Eastern Washington 11–1 L NAIA Championship Eastern Washington: 34–13–1 Hawaii Rainbows (Independent) (1968–1973) 1968 Hawaii 7–3 1969 Hawaii 6–3–1 1970 Hawaii 9–2 1971 Hawaii 7–4 1972 Hawaii 8–3 1973 Hawaii 9–2 Hawaii: 46–17–1 Total: 80–30–2 References
- ^ "Former Coach Holmes Dies". The Ledger. August 27, 1999. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s74wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4fwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3230,5258719. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
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Eastern Washington Eagles head football coaches Unknown (1901–1902) • Claude Arthur (1903) • H. E. Smith (1904–1905) • Paul Lienau (1906–1907) • Nick E. Hinch (1908) • Harry Goldsworthy (1909) • No team (1910–1911) • Nick E. Hinch (1912) • Albert Fertsch (1913–1916) • No team (1917–1919) • Vin Eustis (1920–1926) • Arthur C. Woodward (1927–1928) • Brick Johnson (1929) • Red Reese (1930–1941) • Ralph Peterson (1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Red Reese (1946) • Abe Poffenroth (1947–1952) • Ed Chissus (1953–1962) • Dave Holmes (1963–1967) • Brent Wooten (1968–1970) • John Massengale (1971–1978) • Dick Zornes (1979–1993) • Mike Kramer (1994–1999) • Paul Wulff (2000–2007) • Beau Baldwin (2008–)
Hawaiʻi Warriors head football coaches Austin Jones (1909–1911) • No team (1912–1914) • John Peden (1915) • William Britton (1916) • Dave Crawford (1917–1919) • Raymond Elliot (1920) • Otto Klum (1921–1939) • Eugene Gill (1940) • Eugene Gill & Tom Kaulukukui (1941) • No team (1942–1945) • Tom Kaulukukui (1946–1950) • Archie Kodros (1951) • Hank Vasconcellos (1952–1960) • Jim Asato (1962–1964) • Clark Shaughnessy (1965) • Phil Sarboe (1966) • Don King (1967) • Dave Holmes (1968–1973) • Larry Price (1974–1976) • Dick Tomey (1977–1986) • Bob Wagner (1987–1995) • Fred von Appen (1996–1998) • June Jones (1999–2007) • Greg McMackin (2008– )
Categories:- 1924 births
- 1999 deaths
- Eastern Washington Eagles football coaches
- Hawaii Warriors football coaches
- Whitworth Pirates football players
- High school football coaches in the United States
- People from Wenatchee, Washington
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1960s stubs
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