| Dean Pryor | |
| Birth Date: | 22 November 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Corning, Kansas, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1950–1952 |
| Player Team2: | Arkansas |
| Player Sport3: | Track |
| Player Years4: | 1951–1953 |
| Player Team4: | Arkansas |
| Player Positions: | Running back (football) Decathlon (track) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1956 |
| Coach Team2: | Lakeland HS (FL) (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1957–1959 |
| Coach Team3: | Coffeyville (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1960–1961 |
| Coach Team4: | Coffeyville |
| Coach Years5: | 1962–1963 |
| Coach Team5: | Wichita (backfield) |
| Coach Years6: | 1964–1966 |
| Coach Team6: | Hastings |
| Coach Years7: | 1967–1969 |
| Coach Team7: | Kansas State (assistant) |
| Coach Years8: | 1970–1971 |
| Coach Team8: | South Dakota State |
| Coach Sport9: | Track |
| Coach Years10: | 1957–1961 |
| Coach Team10: | Coffeyville |
| Overall Record: | 18–28–1 (college football) 15–7 (junior college football) |
Richard Dean Pryor (November 22, 1930 – March 4, 2019) was an American football player and coach, track 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 head coaching record of 18–28–1.[1] Prior was also the head football coach at at Coffeyville Junior College—now known as Coffeyville Community College—in Coffeyville, Kansas from 1960 to 1961 and the school's head track coach from 1957 to 1961.[2]
Pryor played high school football Fredonia High School in Fredonia, Kansas and college football at the University of Arkansas from 1950 to 1952. As a senior, he was co-captain of 1952 Arkansas Razorbacks football team.[3] In 1952, he participated in the United States Olympic Trials in the decathlon, finishing in eighth place.[4]
As head football coach at Coffeyville, Pryor lead his team to records of 6–5 in 1960 and 9–2 in 1961. He left Coffeyville in 1962 to become backfield coach at the Municipal University of Wichita—no known as Wichita State University—under head football coach Marcelino Huerta.[5]