Dennis Wagner

Dennis Wagner
Sport(s)	Football
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Western Carolina
Record	8–36
Biographical details
Born	March 9, 1958 (1958-03-09) (age 54)
Place of birth	Waverly, Iowa
Playing career
1976 1977 1978–1979	Drake Ellsworth Community College Utah
Position(s)	Center/Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980 1981–1982 1983 1984 1985–1988 1989–1996 1997–2003 2004–2007 2008–2011	Luther (Asst.) UNLV (Asst.) William Penn (Track & Field) UNLV (Asst.) St. Cloud State (OC) Wayne State Fresno State (Asst.) Nebraska (Asst.) Western Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	8–36

Dennis Wagner (born March 9, 1958 in Waverly, Iowa^[1]) is the former head football coach of the Western Carolina Catamounts located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. He took over as the twelfth head coach of the Catamounts on December 31, 2007 and resigned on November 13, 2011.^[2] The Catamounts compete in the Football Championship Subdivision in Division I as members of the Southern Conference.

1 Playing career
2 Coaching career
3 Head coaching record
4 References
5 External links

Playing career

1976, Drake; 1977, Ellsworth (Iowa) Community College; 1978–79, Utah^[3]

Wagner begin his collegiate playing days in 1976 at Drake, then transferred to Ellsworth (Iowa) Community College where he became a JUCO All-American and team captain. Wagner completed his career at the University of Utah, and was selected team captain his senior season. He earned All-Western Athletic Conference (WAC) honors and an honorable-mention All-America honor as an offensive guard.

Coaching career

1980, Luther College (assistant coach/offensive line)
1981-82, UNLV (assistant coach/tight ends)
1983, William Penn (head track and field coach)
1984, UNLV (assistant strength coach)
1985-88, St. Cloud (Minn.) State (offensive coordinator/offensive line)
1989-96, Wayne (Neb.) State (head coach)
1997-2003, Fresno State (assistant head coach/offensive line)
2004-07, Nebraska (assistant coach/offensive line)
2007-11, Western Carolina University (Head Coach)

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Western Carolina Catamounts (Southern Conference) (2008–2011)
2008	Western Carolina	3–9	1–7	8th
2009	Western Carolina	2–9	1–7	9th
2010	Western Carolina	2–9	1–7	9th
2011	Western Carolina	1–9	0–7	9th
Western Carolina:		8–36	2–14
Total:		8–36
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

^ "Bio: Dennis Wagner". Catamount Sports. http://catamountsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wagner_dennis00.html.
^ "Western Carolina names Dennis Wagner head football coach". Western Carolina University. 2007-12-31. http://www.wcu.edu/5938.asp.
^ "2008 WCU Media Guide". WCU. 2008. http://www.catamountsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/071908aaf.html.
^ Final poll standings are from The Sports Network.

External links

Dennis Wagner Bio

Wayne State Wildcats head football coaches

Frank Martin (1912)
Clyde Keckly (1913–1914)
John Gross (1915–1916)
No team (1917–1918)
A. C. Serfling (1919)
Talmadge Marston (1920)
Fred Dale (1921–1927)
Ray Hickman (1928–1937)
Jim Morrison (1938–1945)
Don Emery (1946–1947)
Bob Kahler (1948)
Jack Wink (1949–1951)
Barney Lewellyn (1952–1957)
Russell Young (1958)
Gwynn Christensen (1959–1961)
John Jermier (1962–1968)
Del Stoltenberg (1969–1982)
Pete Chapman (1983–1988)
Dennis Wagner (1989–1996)
Kevin Haslam (1997–1999)
Scott Hoffman (2000–2004)
Dan McLaughli (2005– )

Western Carolina Catamounts head football coaches

C. C. Poindexter (1931–1934) Ralph James (1935–1938) James Whatley (1939–1941) No team (1942–1944) Marion McDonald (1945) Tom Young (1946–1955) Dan Robinson (1956–1968) Bob Waters (1969–1988) Dale Strahm (1989) Steve Hodgin (1990–1996) Bill Bleil (1997–2001) Kent Briggs (2002–2007) Dennis Wagner (2008–2011) Mark Spier (2012–)

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Name	Wagner, Dennis
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Date of birth	March 9, 1958
Place of birth	Waverly, Iowa
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