title: Dean Pryor
text: # Dean Pryor
  
  Richard Dean Pryor (November 22, 1930 – March 4, 2019) was an American football player and coach and decathlete. He served as the head football coach at Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska from 1964 to 1966 and South Dakota State University from 1970 to 1971, comping a career college football coaching record of 18–28–1.
  
  Pryor played college football at the University of Arkansas from 1950 to 1952. In 1952, he participated in the United States Olympic Trials in the decathlon, finishing in eighth place.
  
  One of his first coaching jobs was at Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville, Kansas, where he was an assistant football coach and head track coach.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  ### Football
  
  | Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Hastings Broncos (Nebraska College Conference) (1964–1966) ||||||
  | 1964 | Hastings | 6–3 | 2–2 | 3rd |
  | 1965 | Hastings | 4–6 | 1–3 | 4th |
  | 1966 | Hastings | 3–4–1 | 2–2 | 3rd |
  | Hastings: | Hastings: | 13–13–1 | 5–7 | |
  | South Dakota State Jackrabbits (North Central Conference) (1970–1971) ||||||
  | 1970 | South Dakota State | 2–8 | 1–5 | T–6th |
  | 1971 | South Dakota State | 3–7 | 2–4 | 6th |
  | South Dakota State: | South Dakota State: | 5–15 | 3–9 | |
  | Total: | Total: | 18–28–1 | | |
  