Dick Zornes

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Dick Zornes
Biographical details
Born (1944-06-15) June 15, 1944 (age 79)
Playing career
1963–1966Eastern Washington State
Position(s)Safety, fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1967Eastern Washington State (SA)
1968Hawaii (assistant)
1970sMontana Tech (assistant)
1970sBC Lions (assistant)
1977–1978Columbia Basin
1979–1993Eastern Washington
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1990–1993Eastern Washington
1997–1999Eastern Washington
Head coaching record
Overall89–66–2 (college)
17–3 (junior college)
Tournaments1–2 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Big Sky (1992)

Dick Zornes (born June 15, 1944) is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the head football coach at Eastern Washington University in Cheney from 1979 to 1993, compiling a 89–66–2 (.573) record. Zornes also served two stints as the athletic director at Eastern Washington, from 1990 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 1999. A native of Vancouver, Washington, he played college football at Eastern Washington—then Eastern Washington State College—from 1963 to 1966 as a safety and fullback for the Savages, then an NAIA program in the Evergreen Conference.

Zornes continued at his alma mater in 1967 as a student coach under Dave Holmes and moved with Holmes to the University of Hawaii in 1968. Zornes was later an assistant coach at Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology—now known as Montana Technological University—in Butte and with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was hired as the head coach at Columbia Basin College, a junior college in Pasco, Washington, in 1977. In two seasons at Columbia Basin he tallied a mark of 17–3.[1]

Head coaching record[edit]

College[edit]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs NCAA# TSN°
Eastern Washington Eagles (NCAA Division II independent) (1979–1983)
1979 Eastern Washington 7–2
1980 Eastern Washington 6–4
1981 Eastern Washington 7–3
1982 Eastern Washington 8–2
1983 Eastern Washington 5–5
Eastern Washington Eagles (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (1984–1986)
1984 Eastern Washington 7–2–1
1985 Eastern Washington 9–3 L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal 11
1986 Eastern Washington 6–5
Eastern Washington Eagles (Big Sky Conference) (1987–1993)
1987 Eastern Washington 4–7 2–6 8th
1988 Eastern Washington 2–8–1 2–6 8th
1989 Eastern Washington 4–6 4–4 5th
1990 Eastern Washington 5–6 3–5 T–5th
1991 Eastern Washington 5–6 4–4 T–4th
1992 Eastern Washington 7–4 6–1 T–1st L NCAA Division I-AA First Round 14
1993 Eastern Washington 7–3 5–2 T–2nd 20
Eastern Washington: 89–66–2 26–26
Total: 89–66–2
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Zornes new Eastern athletic director". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. December 12, 1990. Retrieved April 25, 2016.