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Dennis Wagner Sport(s) Football Current position Title Head coach Team Western Carolina Record 8-36 Biographical details Born March 9, 1958 Place of birth Waverly, Iowa Playing career 1976
1977
1978–1979Drake
Ellsworth Community College
UtahPosition(s) Center/Guard Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1980
1981–1982
1983
1984
1985–1988
1989–1996
1997–2003
2004–2007
2008–presentLuther (Asst.)
UNLV (Asst.)
William Penn (Track & Field)
UNLV (Asst.)
St. Cloud State (OC)
Wayne State
Fresno State (Asst.)
Nebraska (Asst.)
Western CarolinaHead coaching record Overall 8-36 Dennis Wagner (born March 9, 1958 in Waverly, Iowa[1]) is the former head football coach of the Western Carolina Catamounts located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. He took over as the twelfth head coach of the Catamounts on December 31, 2007 and resigned on November 13, 2011.[2] The Catamounts compete in the Football Championship Subdivision in Division I as members of the Southern Conference.
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Playing career
1976, Drake; 1977, Ellsworth (Iowa) Community College; 1978–79, Utah[3]
Wagner begin his collegiate playing days in 1976 at Drake, then transferred to Ellsworth (Iowa) Community College where he became a JUCO All-American and team captain. Wagner completed his 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.
Coaching career
1980, Luther College (assistant coach/offensive line)
1981-82, UNLV (assistant coach/tight ends)
1983, William Penn (head track and field coach)
1984, UNLV (assistant strength coach)
1985-88, St. Cloud (Minn.) State (offensive coordinator/offensive line)
1989-96, Wayne (Neb.) State (head coach)
1997-2003, Fresno State (assistant head coach/offensive line)
2004-07, Nebraska (assistant coach/offensive line)
2007-11, Western Carolina University (Head Coach)Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs TSN[4]# 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 Total: 8–36 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title References
- ^ "Bio: Dennis Wagner". Catamount Sports. http://catamountsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wagner_dennis00.html.
- ^ "Western Carolina names Dennis Wagner head football coach". Western Carolina University. 2007-12-31. http://www.wcu.edu/5938.asp.
- ^ "2008 WCU Media Guide". WCU. 2008. http://www.catamountsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/071908aaf.html.
- ^ Final poll standings are from The Sports Network.
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Wayne State Wildcats head football coaches Frank Martin (1912) • Clyde Keckly (1913–1914) • John Gross (1915–1916) • No team (1917–1918) • A. C. Serfling (1919) • Talmadge Marston (1920) • Fred Dale (1921–1927) • Ray Hickman (1928–1937) • Jim Morrison (1938–1945) • Don Emery (1946–1947) • Bob Kahler (1948) • Jack Wink (1949–1951) • Barney Lewellyn (1952–1957) • Russell Young (1958) • Gwynn Christensen (1959–1961) • John Jermier (1962–1968) • Del Stoltenberg (1969–1982) • Pete Chapman (1983–1988) • Dennis Wagner (1989–1996) • Kevin Haslam (1997–1999) • Scott Hoffman (2000–2004) • Dan McLaughli (2005– )
Western Carolina Catamounts head football coaches C. C. Poindexter (1931–1934) • Ralph James (1935–1938) • James Whatley (1939–1941) • No team (1942–1944) • Marion McDonald (1945) • Tom Young (1946–1955) • Dan Robinson (1956–1968) • Bob Waters (1969–1988) • Dale Strahm (1989) • Steve Hodgin (1990–1996) • Bill Bleil (1997–2001) • Kent Briggs (2002–2007) • Dennis Wagner (2008–)
Current head football coaches of the Southern Conference Jerry Moore (Appalachian State) • Russ Huesman (Chattanooga) • Kevin Higgins (The Citadel) • Jason Swepson (Elon) • Bruce Fowler (Furman) • Jeff Monken (Georgia Southern) • Pat Sullivan (Samford) • Dennis Wagner (Western Carolina) • Mike Ayers (Wofford)
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