Dick Colman
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 11, 1914 New York, New York |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Middlebury, Vermont |
| Playing career | |
| 1935–1936 | Williams |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1937–1944 | Williams (assistant) |
| 1945–1956 | Princeton (assistant) |
| 1957–1968 | Princeton |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1969–1977 | Middlebury |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 75–33 |
| Statistics | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 4 Ivy League (1957, 1963–1964, 1966) | |
| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1990 (profile) |
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Richard W. "Dick" Colman, Jr. (November 11, 1914 – April 5, 1982) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Princeton University from 1957 to 1968, compiling a record of 75–33. After retiring from coaching, Coleman was the athletic director at Middlebury College from 1969 to 1977.[1] Colman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1990.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Princeton Tigers (Ivy League) (1957–1968) | |||||||||
| 1957 | Princeton | 7–2 | 6–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1958 | Princeton | 6–3 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1959 | Princeton | 4–5 | 3–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1960 | Princeton | 7–2 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1961 | Princeton | 5–4 | 5–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1962 | Princeton | 5–4 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1963 | Princeton | 7–2 | 5–2 | T–1st | |||||
| 1964 | Princeton | 9–0 | 7–0 | 1st | 13 | ||||
| 1965 | Princeton | 8–1 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1966 | Princeton | 7–2 | 6–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1967 | Princeton | 6–3 | 4–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1968 | Princeton | 4–5 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
| Princeton: | 75–33 | 61–23 | |||||||
| Total: | 75–33 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. |
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References
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