Dick Zornes

Dick Zornes
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born (1944-06-15) June 15, 1944
Playing career
1963–1966 Eastern Washington State
Position(s) Safety, fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1967 Eastern Washington State (SA)
1968 Hawaii (assistant)
1970s Montana Tech (assistant)
1970s BC Lions (assistant)
1977–1978 Columbia Basin College
1979–1993 Eastern Washington
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1990–1993 Eastern Washington
1997–1999 Eastern Washington
Head coaching record
Overall 89–66–2 (college)
17–3 (junior college)
Tournaments 1–2 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)

Statistics

Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Big Sky (1992)

Dick Zornes (born June 15, 1944) is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Eastern Washington University from 1979 to 1993, compiling a record of 89–66–2. Zornes was also the athletic director at Eastern Washington from 1990 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 1999. A native of Vancouver, Washington, he played college football at Eastern Washington—then known as Eastern Washington State College—from 1963 to 1966 as a safety and fullback. He returned to his alma mater in 1967 as a student coach under Dave Holmes. He moved with Holmes to the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1968. Zornes also worked as an assistant coach at Montana Tech of the University of Montana and with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was hired as the head football coach at Columbia Basin College, a junior college in Pasco, Washington, in 1977. In two seasons at Columbia Basin he tallied a mark of 17–3.[1]

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs NCAA# TSN°
Eastern Washington Eagles (Evergreen Conference) (1979)
1979 Eastern Washington 7–2
Eastern Washington Eagles (NCAA Division II independent) (1980–1983)
1980 Eastern Washington 6–4
1981 Eastern Washington 7–3
1982 Eastern Washington 8–2
1983 Eastern Washington 5–5
Eastern Washington Eagles (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (1984–1986)
1984 Eastern Washington 7–2–1
1985 Eastern Washington 9–3 L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal 11
1986 Eastern Washington 6–5
Eastern Washington Eagles (Big Sky Conference) (1987–1993)
1987 Eastern Washington 4–7 2–6 8th
1988 Eastern Washington 2–8–1 2–6 8th
1989 Eastern Washington 4–6 4–4 5th
1990 Eastern Washington 5–6 3–5 T–5th
1991 Eastern Washington 5–6 4–4 T–4th
1992 Eastern Washington 7–4 6–1 T–1st L NCAA Division I-AA First Round 14
1993 Eastern Washington 7–3 5–2 T–2nd 20
Eastern Washington: 89–66–2
Total: 89–66–2
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

References

  1. "Zornes new Eastern athletic director". The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). December 12, 1990. Retrieved April 25, 2016.

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