Dixie B. White

Dixie B. White
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1917-02-07)February 7, 1917 Lubbock, Texas
Died	October 24, 1990(1990-10-24) (aged 73) Monroe, Louisiana
Playing career
1937–1939	Texas Tech

Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1951–1952	Midwestern State
1953	Idaho (assistant)
1955–1961	Arkansas (OL)
1962–1963	LSU (OL)
1964–1971	Northeast Louisiana
1973	New Orleans Saints (OL, Scout)^[1]

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1964–1971	Northeast Louisiana

Head coaching record
Overall	42–54–2 (college)

Dixie B. White (February 7, 1917 – October 24, 1990) was an American football coach. he was the fourth head football coach at Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe, Louisiana and he held that position for eight seasons, from 1964 until 1971. His coaching record at Northeast Louisiana was 31–45–1.

Playing career

White played college football as a guard at Texas Tech University from 1937 to 1939, including teams that advanced to the 1938 Sun Bowl and 1939 Cotton Bowl. He was captain of the team as a senior in 1939 and helped coach freshmen in 1940.

In 1983, White was inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Honor.^[2]

References

↑ LOS ANGELES TIMES NAMES IN THE NEWS
↑ TEXAS TECH HALL OF HONOR (Last name U-Z) Archived August 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.

Midwestern State Mustangs football head coaches

Charles Mosley (1924–1925)
H. T. Ludgate (1926–1927)
Unknown (1928)
Eustace Baggett (1929–1930)
No team (1931–1945)
Thurmon Jones (1946–1947)
Billy Stamps (1948–1950)
Dixie B. White (1951–1952)
Joe Saitta (1953–1954)
Dick Todd (1955–1956)
No team (1957–1987)
Mike Calcote (1988–1995)
Hank McClung (1995–1998)
Linwood Ferguson (1999–2001)
Bill Maskill (2002– )

Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks head football coaches

James L. Malone (1951–1953)
Devone Payne (1954–1957)
Jack C. Rowan (1958–1963)
Dixie B. White (1964–1971)
Ollie Keller (1972–1975)
John David Crow (1976–1980)
Pat Collins (1981–1988)
Dave Roberts (1989–1993)
Ed Zaunbrecher (1994–1998)
Bobby Keasler (1999–2002)
Mike Collins # (2002)
Charlie Weatherbie (2003–2009)
Todd Berry (2010–2015)
John Mumford # (2015)
Matt Viator (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks athletic directors
Unknown (–1951) James L. Malone (1951–1954) Devone Payne (1954–1958) Jack C. Rowan (1958–1964) Dixie B. White (1964–1972) Bill Beall (1972–1975) John David Crow (1975–1981) Benny Hollis (1981–1994) Richard Giannini (1994–1999) Warner Alford (1999–2001) Bruce Hanks (2001–2004) Bobby Staub (2004–2013) Brian Wickstrom (2013–2017) Nick Floyd (2017– )

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