:Dean Slayton
{{Short description|American football player and coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Dean Slayton
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1954–1955
| player_team1 = Tyler Junior College
| player_years2 = 1956–1957
| player_team2 = Tulsa
| coach_years1 = 1958
| coach_years2 = 1959–1960
| coach_team2 = Duncan HS (OK) (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1961
| coach_team3 = Sherman HS (TX) (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1962
| coach_team4 = Jacksonville HS (TX) (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1963
| coach_team5 = Texas Western (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 1964
| coach_team6 = Bridge City HS (TX) (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 1965
| coach_team7 = Cisco HS (TX) (assistant)
| coach_years8 = 1966–1968
| coach_team8 = McKinney HS (TX) (assistant)
| coach_years9 = 1969–1971
| coach_team9 = Howard Payne (assistant)
| coach_years10 = 1972–1978
| coach_team10 = Howard Payne
| coach_years11 = 1979–1980
| coach_team11 = North Texas State (assistant)
| coach_years12 = 1981–1997
| coach_team12 = Texas Tech (assistant)
| overall_record = 28–42–2
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Dean Slayton is a former American football coach. He was the 13th head football coach at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, serving for seven seasons, from 1972 to 1978, compiling a record of 28–42–2. After leaving Howard Payne in 1979, Slayton became an assistant coach at North Texas State University—now known as University of North Texas—under head coach Jerry Moore. He followed Moore to Texas Tech University in 1981 and remained there as an assistant coach for 16 seasons.{{cite web|title=Staff:Red Raiders:bio:Dean Slayton |url=http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/staff/text-m-fb-slayton.html |website=texastech.com |accessdate=March 13, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314020459/http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/staff/text-m-fb-slayton.html |archivedate=March 14, 2016 }}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Howard Payne Yellow Jackets
| conf = Lone Star Conference
| startyear = 1972
| endyear = 1978
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1972
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–4th
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1973
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 8–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1974
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 4–5
| confstanding = T–6th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1975
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 5–5–1
| conference = 4–5
| confstanding = 6th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1976
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 1–8–1
| conference = 1–5–1
| confstanding = T–7th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1977
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 2–8
| conference = 0–7
| confstanding = 8th
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1978
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 2–8
| conference = 0–7
| confstanding = 8th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Howard Payne
| overall = 28–42–2
| confrecord = 21–19–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 28–34–2
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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References
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Category:North Texas Mean Green football coaches
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Category:Tyler Apaches football players
Category:UTEP Miners football coaches
Category:High school football coaches in Oklahoma
Category:High school football coaches in Texas
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