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Dick Trachok Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born c. 1926 Playing career 1943
1946–1948Nevada
NevadaPosition(s) Halfback, fullback Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1957?–1958
1959–1968Reno H.S.
NevadaAdministrative career (AD unless noted) 1969–1986 Nevada Head coaching record Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Richard "Dick" Trachok (born c. 1926[1]) is an American former university athletic director and college football coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Nevada, Reno from 1959 to 1968. He amassed a 40–48–3 record during his tenure. Trachok served as the University of Nevada athletic director until 1986.
He attended the University of Nevada, Reno, where he played on the football team as a fullback in 1943 and as a halfback from 1946 to 1948.[2][3][4]
Trachok coached the Reno High School football team, where The Deseret News described him as "one of Nevada's most successful high school gridiron coaches."[5] During a coaching clinic held in 1957 at the University of Utah, he recommended that coaches keep their offenses and defenses simple.[5]
In April 1959, Nevada hired Trachok as its head coach.[1] In November 1960, Trachok canceled a six-hour flight to Denver in favor of a 32-hour bus ride after a plane crash killed sixteen players from California Polytechnic.[6] The Nevada flight had been booked with Arctic-Pacific, the same carrier that Cal Poly had used.[6] Trachok finished his coaching tenure with a 40–48–3 record, and took over as Nevada's athletic director. He held that post until 1986.[7] In 1975, the university inducted Trachok into the Nevada Athletics Hall of Fame.[7]
References
- ^ a b Trachok New Coach Of Nevada's Eleven, The New York Times, April 12, 1959.
- ^ 2008 Nevada Football Media Guide, p. 146, University of Nevada, Reno, 2008.
- ^ Nevada Trounces Hawaii, 73 to 12, The Milwaukee Journal, December 18, 1948.
- ^ Penn State Held Favorite to Win Over Pitt Today, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 20, 1943.
- ^ a b Keep Grid Patterns Simple, Coaches Told, The Deseret News, April 26, 1957.
- ^ a b Team Cancels 6-Hour Flight For Bus Ride, The Palm Beach Post, November 16, 1960.
- ^ a b Nevada Athletics Hall of Fame, University of Nevada, Reno, October 25, 2010.
Nevada Wolf Pack head football coaches Frank Taylor (1896) • No coach (1897) • F. F. Ellis (1898) • A. King Dickson (1899) • James Hopper (1900) • Allen Steckle (1901–1903) • Bruce Shorts (1904) • No coach (1905) • No team (1906–1914) • Jack Glascock (1915–1917) • No team (1918) • Ray Courtright (1919–1923) • Charles F. Erb (1924) • Buck Shaw (1925–1928) • George Philbrook (1929–1931) • C. L. "Brick" Mitchell (1932–1935) • Doug Dashiell (1936–1938) • Jim Aiken (1939–1946) • Joe Sheeketski (1947–1950) • No team (1951) • Glenn "Jake" Lawlor (1952–1954) • Gordon McEachron (1955–1958) • Dick Trachok (1959–1968) • Jerry Scattini (1969–1975) • Chris Ault (1976–1992) • Jeff Horton (1993) • Chris Ault (1994–1995) • Jeff Tisdel (1996–1999) • Chris Tormey (2000–2003) • Chris Ault (2004– )
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