Dwight T. Reed | |
Birth Date: | 13 March 1915 |
Birth Place: | St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
Death Place: | Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1935–1937 |
Player Team2: | Minnesota |
Player Positions: | End |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1946–1948 |
Coach Team2: | Louisville Municipal |
Coach Years3: | 1949–1972 |
Coach Team3: | Lincoln (MO) |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Years5: | 1955–1959 |
Coach Team5: | Lincoln (MO) |
Coach Sport6: | Track and field |
Coach Years7: | 1949–1993 |
Coach Team7: | Lincoln (MO) (men's) |
Coach Years8: | 1985–1993 |
Coach Team8: | Lincoln (MO) (women's) |
Admin Years1: | 1957–1980 |
Admin Team1: | Lincoln (MO) |
Overall Record: | 149–84–7 (football) 63–61 (basketball) |
Championships: | Football 4 MAA/Midwest (1952–1953, 1958, 1962) 1 MIAA (1972) |
Awards: | All-Big Ten (1935) |
Dwight Thornton Reed (May 13, 1915 – May 31, 2000) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and track, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Louisville Municipal College (a separate Negro College of University of Louisville) in Louisville, Kentucky and Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri from 1949 to 1972, compiling a career college football coaching record of 149–84–7.[1] As a college football player, Reed lettered three times at the University of Minnesota and competed on the Gopher's 1935 and 1936 national championship squads.[2]