Dwight Wallace
{{Short description|American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator (born 1943)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Dwight Wallace
| image =
| alt =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|12|26}}
| birth_place = Wilmington, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date =
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1964–1965
| player_team1 = Bowling Green
| player_positions = Quarterback
| coach_years1 = 1966
| coach_team1 = Bowling Green (GA)
| coach_years2 = 1967–1969
| coach_team2 = Iowa Wesleyan (OC)
| coach_years3 = 1970
| coach_team3 = Central Michigan (assistant/fr. HC)
| coach_years4 = 1971–1973
| coach_team4 = Ball State (OC)
| coach_years5 = 1974–1977
| coach_team5 = Colorado (PCG/RC)
| coach_years6 = 1978–1984
| coach_team6 = Ball State
| coach_years7 = 1985–1989
| coach_team7 = West Virginia (QB)
| admin_years1 = 1981–1984
| admin_team1 = Ball State
| overall_record = 40–37
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 MAC (1978)
| awards = MAC Coach of the Year (1978)
| coaching_records =
}}
Dwight Wallace (born December 26, 1943) is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the Ball State University from 1978 to 1984, compiling a record of 40–37.
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Ball State Cardinals
| conf = Mid-American Conference
| startyear = 1978
| endyear = 1994
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1978
| name = Ball State
| overall = 10–1
| conference = 8–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1979
| name = Ball State
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–4th
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| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1980
| name = Ball State
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 5–4
| confstanding = T–5th
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| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1981
| name = Ball State
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = 8th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1982
| name = Ball State
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = 8th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1983
| name = Ball State
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1984
| name = Ball State
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Ball State
| overall = 40–37
| confrecord = 30–27
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 40–37
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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{{cite news |title=Wallace named Cardinal A.D. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-alexandria-times-tribune-wallace-nam/128660212/ |newspaper=The Alexandria Times-Tribune |date=August 12, 1981 |page=20 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=July 22, 2023}}}}
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Category:American football quarterbacks
Category:American men's basketball players
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Category:Bowling Green Falcons football coaches
Category:Bowling Green Falcons football players
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Category:Central Michigan Chippewas football coaches
Category:Colorado Buffaloes football coaches
Category:Iowa Wesleyan Tigers baseball coaches
Category:Iowa Wesleyan Tigers football coaches
Category:West Virginia Mountaineers football coaches
Category:People from Wilmington, Ohio
Category:Players of American football from Ohio
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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