:Dewey King
{{Short description|American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator (1925–2021)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Dewey King
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|10|1}}
| birth_place = Cando, North Dakota, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|04|13|1925|10|01}}
| death_place = Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1945–1948
| player_team1 = North Dakota
| player_positions = Center, linebacker
| coach_years1 = 1949
| coach_team1 = North Dakota (freshmen)
| coach_years2 = 1950–1951
| coach_team2 = Canton McKinley HS (OH) (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1952–1953
| coach_team3 = Michigan State (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1954–1959
| coach_team4 = Penn (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1960–1967
| coach_team5 = Rutgers (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 1970–1972
| coach_team6 = San Jose State
| coach_years7 = 1973–1979
| coach_team7 = Wheaton (IL)
| admin_years1 = 1970
| admin_team1 = San Jose State (interim AD)
| admin_years2 = 1980–1985
| admin_team2 = Carroll (WI)
| overall_record = 39–54–1
| bowl_record = 0–1
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DeWayne "Dewey" King (October 1, 1925 – April 13, 2021) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at San Jose State University from 1970 to 1972 and at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois from 1973 to 1979, compiling a career college football record of 39–54–1. King was also the athletic director at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin.{{cite web |title=DeWayne "Dewey" KING |url=https://www.thelenfh.com/obituary/DeWayne-KING |publisher=Thelen Funeral Service and Synergy Crematory |access-date=15 October 2021}}
Coaching career
King was the head football coach for San Jose State University from 1970 to 1972.{{cite news |title=You Name it, Carroll Athletic Director has done it |first=Jim |last=Egle |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=heAjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LyoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7077,136682 |newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal |date=January 11, 1982 |access-date=March 27, 2013 |archive-date=April 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428224846/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=heAjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LyoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7077,136682 |url-status=dead }} In 1973, he was named head football coach at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He held that position for seven seasons, from 1973 until 1979. His coaching record at Wheaton was 29–34.{{Cite web
|last=DeLassus
|first=David
|title=Wheaton Thunder Records By Year
|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse
|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/cciw/wheaton/coaching_records.php
|access-date=March 20, 2013
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729150035/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/cciw/wheaton/coaching_records.php
|archive-date=July 29, 2014
}}{{cite web|url=http://athletics.wheaton.edu/sports/2007/6/26/FB-YBY.aspx?id=46 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410000534/http://athletics.wheaton.edu/sports/2007/6/26/FB-YBY.aspx?id=46 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 10, 2013 |title=Football year-by-year results |publisher=Wheaton Thunder |access-date=March 20, 2013 }}
King was inducted into the North Dakota Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.sjsuspartans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5600&ATCLID=1482435 |title=Former Head Coach Dewey King Named To Hall Of Fame |date=June 21, 2008 |publisher=San Jose State University Athletics |access-date=March 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411193157/http://www.sjsuspartans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5600&ATCLID=1482435 |archive-date=April 11, 2013 }} He is also a member of the University of North Dakota Hall of Fame.
From 1980 to 1985, King served as athletic director at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin.{{cite web|title=The NCAA record|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/NCAANewsArchive/1980/19800831.pdf|website=NCAA News|access-date=July 7, 2015|page=7|date=August 31, 1980}}{{cite web|title=Carroll College announces layoffs|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19850311&id=um4aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RCoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2360,413895&hl=en|website=Milwaukee Journal|access-date=July 7, 2015|page=3A|date=March 11, 1985}}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = San Jose State Spartans
| conf = Pacific Coast Athletic Association
| startyear = 1970
| endyear = 1972
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1970
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 1–7{{#tag:ref|Joe McMullen coached the first three games of the season, leading the Spartans to a record of 1–2 with a 1–0 mark in conference play.|group="n"|name="1970season"}}
| confstanding = T–4th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1971
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 5–6–1
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = Pasadena
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1972
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = San Jose State Spartans
| overall = 10–20
| confrecord = 6–7
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Wheaton Crusaders
| conf = College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
| startyear = 1973
| endyear = 1979
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1973
| name = Wheaton
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–7th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1974
| name = Wheaton
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = 6th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1975
| name = Wheaton
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1976
| name = Wheaton
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1977
| name = Wheaton
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1978
| name = Wheaton
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1979
| name = Wheaton
| overall = 1–8
| conference = 1–7
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Wheaton
| overall = 29–34
| confrecord = 26–30
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 39–54–1
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
Notes
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References
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