Dennis Storer Explained

Dennis Storer
Birth Name:Dennis Storer
Birth Date:6 April 1932
Ru Position:Center
Amatteam1:Bleackheath
Amatteam2:Leicester
Coachteams1:UCLA Bruins rugby team
Coachteams2:U.S. national rugby team
Coachyears1:1966–1982
Coachyears2:1976–1982
Occupation:Rugby union coach

Dennis Storer (born 1932, died 2007) was a rugby and soccer coach, best known for being the Head Coach of the United States national rugby union team in 1976. Storer helped restart the United States national rugby union team in 1976, and was head coach of the team for 13 matches from 1976 until 1982.[1] Storer coached the UCLA Bruins men's rugby team from 1966 to 1982, earning a record of 362 wins, 46 losses, and 2 draws, and winning national championships in 1968, 1972, and 1975.[2]

Storer also had success as a soccer coach. Storer was the first head coach of the UCLA Bruins men's soccer team when that program was elevated from club status to a varsity program, and coached the program from 1967 to 1973, compiling a record of 103 wins, 10 draws, and 10 losses.[2]

Storer was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.Storer was one of the six original inductees into the U.S. Rugby Hall of Fame in 2011.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.topangamessenger.com/story_detail.php?SectionID=6&ArticleID=2721 "Dennis Storer: 1932-2007"
  2. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-12-me-storer12-story.html "Dennis Storer, 75; founded UCLA's soccer, rugby programs and raised sports' profiles"