Dwight T. Reed

Dwight T. Reed
Biographical details
Born(1915-03-13)March 13, 1915
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedMay 31, 2000(2000-05-31) (aged 85)
Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1935–1937Minnesota
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1946–1948Louisville Municipal
1949–1972Lincoln (MO)
Basketball
1955–1959Lincoln (MO)
Track and field
1949–1993Lincoln (MO) (men's)
1985–1993Lincoln (MO) (women's)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1957–1980Lincoln (MO)
Head coaching record
Overall149–84–7 (football)
63–61 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
4 MAA/Midwest (1952–1953, 1958, 1962)
1 MIAA (1972)
Awards
All-Big Ten (1935)

Dwight Thornton Reed (May 13, 1915 – May 31, 2000) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and track, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Louisville Municipal College (a separate Negro College of University of Louisville) in Louisville, Kentucky and Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri from 1949 to 1972, compiling a career college football coaching record of 149–84–7.[1] As a college football player, Reed lettered three times at the University of Minnesota and competed on the Gopher's 1935 and 1936 national championship squads.[2]

  1. ^ "Dwight Reed". Lincoln University. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "Dwight Reed". Sports-Reference College Football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.