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Dick Colman Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born November 11, 1914 Place of birth New York, New York Died April 5, 1982 (aged 67)Place of death Middlebury, Vermont Playing career 1935–1936 Williams Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1937–1944
1945–1956
1957–1968Williams (assistant)
Princeton (assistant)
PrincetonAdministrative career (AD unless noted) 1969–1977 Middlebury Head coaching record Overall 75–33 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 4 Ivy League (1957, 1963–1964, 1966) College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1990 (profile)Richard W. "Dick" Colman, Jr. (November 11, 1914 – April 5, 1982) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Princeton University from 1957 to 1968, compiling a record of 75–33. After retiring from coaching, Coleman was the athletic director at Middlebury College from 1969 to 1977.[1] Colman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1990.
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP° Princeton Tigers (Ivy League) (1957–1968) 1957 Princeton 7–2 6–1 1st 1958 Princeton 6–3 5–2 T–2nd 1959 Princeton 4–5 3–4 T–5th 1960 Princeton 7–2 6–1 2nd 1961 Princeton 5–4 5–2 T–3rd 1962 Princeton 5–4 4–3 T–3rd 1963 Princeton 7–2 5–2 T–1st 1964 Princeton 9–0 7–0 1st 13 1965 Princeton 8–1 6–1 2nd 1966 Princeton 7–2 6–1 T–1st 1967 Princeton 6–3 4–3 T–4th 1968 Princeton 4–5 4–3 4th Princeton: 75–33 61–23 Total: 75–33 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.
°Rankings from final AP Poll.References
- ^ "DICK COLMAN, FORMER COACH". The New York Times. April 7, 1982. http://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/07/obituaries/dick-colman-former-coach.html. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
External links
- Colman Dick Colman at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Dick Colman at the College Football Data Warehouse
Princeton Tigers head football coaches No coach (1869–1870) • No team (1871) • No coach (1872–1895) • Franklin Morse (1896) • No coach (1897–1900) • Langdon Lea (1901) • Garrett Cochran (1902) • Art Hillebrand (1903–1905) • William Roper (1906–1908) • Jim McCormick (1909) • William Roper (1910–1911) • Logan Cunningham (1912) • Walter Gresham Andrews (1913) • Wilder Penfield (1914) • Walter Gresham Andrews (1915) • John Rush (1916) • Keene Fitzpatrick (1917–1918) • William Roper (1919–1930) • Albert Wittmer (1931) • Fritz Crisler (1932–1937) • Elton Wieman (1938–1942) • Harry Mahnken (1943–1944) • Charlie Caldwell (1945–1956) • Dick Colman (1957–1968) • Jake McCandless (1969–1972) • Robert Casciola (1973–1977) • Frank Navarro (1978–1984) • Ron Rogerson (1985–1986) • Steve Tosches (1987–1999) • Roger Hughes (2000–2009) • Bob Surace (2010–)
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- People from New York City
- People from Middlebury, Vermont
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