| Dick Beechner | |
| Player Sport1: | Golf |
| Player Years2: | 1953–1956 |
| Player Team2: | Nebraska |
| Alma Mater: | University of Nebraska (1956, 1964) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1956–1957 |
| Coach Team2: | Lincoln HS (NE) (reserve) |
| Coach Years3: | 1958–1964 |
| Coach Team3: | Lincoln HS (NE) (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1965 |
| Coach Team4: | Nebraska (GA) |
| Coach Years5: | 1966–1970 |
| Coach Team5: | Hiram Scott |
| Coach Years6: | 1974 |
| Coach Team6: | Nebraska (GA) |
| Coach Years7: | 1975 |
| Coach Team7: | Nebraska (C) |
| Coach Years8: | 1977 |
| Coach Team8: | Washington State (AHC/OL) |
| Coach Years9: | 1978–1981 |
| Coach Team9: | Missouri (ST/TE) |
| Coach Sport10: | Golf |
| Coach Years11: | 1956–1964 |
| Coach Team11: | Lincoln HS (NE) |
| Coach Years12: | 1966–1970 |
| Coach Team12: | Hiram Scott |
| Coach Years13: | 1997–2009 |
| Coach Team13: | Nebraska–Kearney |
| Admin Years1: | 1970 |
| Admin Team1: | Hiram Scott |
| Admin Years2: | 1982–1984 |
| Admin Team2: | Washington State (assoc. AD) |
| Admin Years3: | 1987–1996 |
| Admin Team3: | Kearney State / Nebraska–Kearney |
| Overall Record: | 26–14–1 (college football) |
Richard Beechner is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Hiram Scott College in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.[1] [2] He was the only head football coach in the school's history because Hiram Scott only existed from 1965 to 1970, and was shut down due to massive debt.[3] Hiram Scott did not have a single losing season in its five years as a football program. Its two biggest wins came on September 24, 1966 over the Omaha (13–7) and on November 7, 1970 over Boise State (7–3).
Beechner was also an assistant football coach at Nebraska,[4] Missouri,[5] and Washington State.[6] [7]
While not coaching between 1971 and 1973, Beechner worked for the West Nebraska Express trucking company and was the director of field services for the Nebraska Motor Carriers' Association.[8] [9]
In 1976, Beechner transitioned from an assistant football position to a position in Nebraska's administrative staff.[10] In 1983, he left coaching to become an associate athletic director at Washington State.[11]
Beechner served as the athletic director for Hiram Scott in 1970 and Nebraska–Kearney from 1987 to 1996.[12] [13] [14]