Stan Sheriff
{{Short description|American football player, coach, and administrator (1932–1993)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Stan Sheriff
| image =
| alt =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|4|24}}
| birth_place = Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|1|16|1932|4|24}}
| death_place = Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1950–1953
| player_team1 = Cal Poly
| player_years2 = 1954
| player_team2 = Pittsburgh Steelers
| player_years3 = 1956–1957
| player_team3 = San Francisco 49ers
| player_years4 = 1957
| player_team4 = Cleveland Browns
| player_positions = Center, guard, linebacker
| coach_years1 = 1958–1959
| coach_team1 = Iowa State Teachers (line)
| coach_years2 = 1960–1982
| coach_team2 = Iowa State Teachers / State College of Iowa / Northern Iowa
| admin_years1 = 1970–1983
| admin_team1 = Northern Iowa
| admin_years2 = 1983–1993
| admin_team2 = Hawaii
| overall_record = 129–101–4
| bowl_record = 1–1
| tournament_record = 0–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
| championships = 3 NCC (1960–1962, 1964)
2 AMCU (1981–1982)
| awards = First-team Little All-American (1953)
| coaching_records =
}}
Bruce Stanley Sheriff (April 24, 1932 – January 16, 1993) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
Early life
Playing career
He played college football at California Polytechnic State University from 1950 to 1953. In 1953, not only did Sheriff earn Little All-America accolades, but also was picked as an honorable mention for the UPI's overall Division I-level All-American Team, for which he received 17 voting points.{{Cite news |date=November 25, 1953 |title=Sheriff Wins All-America Honorable Mention: Mustang Center Only Small School Gridder Honored |pages=7 |work=San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune}}
Sheriff then played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, and Cleveland Browns between 1954 and 1957. He was the 49ers' primary starter at left linebacker in both 1956 and 1957.{{Cite book |title=San Francisco 49ers 2022 Media Guide |publisher=SF 49ers |year=2022 |pages=665–666}}
Coaching career
Sheriff served as the head football coach at the University of Northern Iowa from 1960 to 1982, compiling a record of 129–101–4. The football field inside the UNI-Dome, Northern Iowa's football stadium, is named Sheriff Field in his honor.
Athletic administration
Sheriff was then the athletic director at the University of Hawaii at Manoa from 1983 until his death in 1993. He died on January 16, 1993, in Honolulu, Hawaii, after suffering a heart attack at Honolulu International Airport.{{cite news |author= |title=Former UNI Coach Stan Sheriff Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25963362/the_des_moines_register/ |newspaper=The Des Moines Register |location=Des Moines, Iowa |date=January 18, 1993 |page=17 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
The Stan Sheriff Center, the home venue for Hawaii's basketball and volleyball teams, was renamed in his honor in 1998. His alma mater, Cal Poly, regularly plays basketball and volleyball games annually in the arena bearing his name, as both schools are now members of the Big West Conference in those sports.
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Iowa State Teachers / State College of Iowa / Northern Iowa Panthers
| conf = North Central Conference
| startyear = 1960
| endyear = 1977
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1960
| name = Iowa State Teachers
| overall = 9–1
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Mineral Water
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1961
| name = State College of Iowa
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1962
| name = State College of Iowa
| overall = 7–1–1
| conference = 5–0–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1963
| name = State College of Iowa
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1964
| name = State College of Iowa
| overall = 9–2
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = Pecan
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1965
| name = State College of Iowa
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1966
| name = State College of Iowa
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1967
| name = State College of Iowa
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1968
| name = State College of Iowa
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1969
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1970
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 2–8
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1971
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1972
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1973
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1974
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 5–4–1
| conference = 3–3–1
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1975
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 9–3
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = NCAA Division II Quarterfinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1976
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1977
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Northern Iowa Panthers
| conf = Association of Mid-Continent Universities
| startyear = 1978
| endyear = 1982
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1978
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1979
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1980
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1981
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 2–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1982
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 4–6–1
| conference = 2–0–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Northern Iowa
| overall = 129–101–4
| confrecord = 82–48–3
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 129–101–4
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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External links
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