Dave Dallas is an

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coach and former player. He was the head football coach at

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until he resigned after completion of the 2013 season. From 1989 to 1996, Dallas was the head football coach at

Ottawa University Ottawa University (OU) is a private Baptist university with its main campus in Ottawa, Kansas, a second residential campus in Surprise, Arizona, and adult campuses in the Kansas City, Phoenix and Milwaukee metropolitan areas. It was founded in ...

. From 2014 to 2016 he was the head coach at North County High School in

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Playing career

Dallas played college football at Missouri Western in

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from 1979 until 1982. After playing, he continued to work with the Griffons as a graduate assistant in the football program.

Coaching career

Ottawa

Dallas was the 25th head football coach at

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and he held that position for eight seasons, from 1989 until 1996.

Kansas Wesleyan

After coaching at Ottawa, Dallas became the 19th head football coach at the

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. He held that position for 17 seasons from 1997 until his resignation in 2013. In 2000, he coached the Coyotes in the American Family Charity Bowl against conference rival

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, losing 20–3. His 2001 team was declared

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co-champions and then the team won the title outright in 2002. For both the

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and

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seasons, Kansas Wesleyan qualified for the NAIA Football National Championship playoffs.Topeka Capital-Journal
"Ravens set for rematch against first-round foe" By Ken Corbitt, November 23, 2002

Head coaching record

College

References

External links

Kansas Wesleyan profile
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