- Dick Bestwick
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Dick Bestwick Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born 1930 Place of birth Grove City, Pennsylvania Playing career 1948–52 University of North Carolina Head coaching record Overall 16–49–1 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Dick Bestwick (born 1930) is a former American football coach who served as head coach of the University of Virginia from 1975-1981 finishing with a career record as a head coach of 16-49-1.[1] A native of Grove City, Pennsylvania, he played football and graduated from North Carolina in 1952. Dick went on to receive his Masters in Education from Penn State. Prior to his tenure at Virginia, Dick spent 1954-1962 as a high school football coach at 3 different schools to include his alma mater, Grove City High School, and 1967-1975 as an assistant coach at Georgia Tech.[2] Bestwick was hired as the Marshall University Head Football Coach in 1971 after the 1970 Plane Crash disaster that took the lives of most of the University's football team and coaching staff. He left the position after two days on the job and returned to Georgia Tech.[3]
After head coaching career
After his time at Virginia he became a national scout for the Dallas Cowboys from 1982 to 1983, assistant athletic director at the Missouri from 1983 to 1985[2] and the executive director of the Peach Bowl from 1985 to 1986.[4] He served as the Assistant Athletic Director at Georgia from 1986–1988, Athletic Director at USC in 1988, returned to Georgia as Associate Athletic Director in 1990, and finally retiring as a Senior Associate Athletic Director in 2000.[5] He is the father of three children, with five grandchildren. He currently lives in Athens, Ga.
Honors and awards
The Dick Bestwick Award for the male athlete graduating with the highest GPA at the University of Georgia was named in his honor [6]
He was inducted into the Peach Bowl Hall of Fame in 2002.[5]
References
- ^ Dick Bestwick Records by Opponent College Football Data Warehouse, 2001-2006
- ^ a b METROLINER. Vol. XXV, No.05. Marietta Rotary Club. August 4, 2003
- ^ [1]
- ^ Associated Press UGA wants to battle football powers. The Augusta Chronicle. August 20, 1997
- ^ a b Peach Bowl Hall of Fame
- ^ Student Services Awards Report for 2003-2004. University of Georgia website. 2004
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