Dick Price | |
Birth Date: | 10 September 1933 |
Birth Place: | Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1964–1973 |
Coach Team2: | Norfolk State (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1974–1983 |
Coach Team3: | Norfolk State |
Coach Sport4: | Track and field |
Coach Years5: | 1964–1974 |
Coach Team5: | Norfolk State |
Admin Years1: | 1984–1989 |
Admin Team1: | Norfolk State (assistant AD) |
Admin Years2: | 1989–1999 |
Overall Record: | 62–41–4 (football) |
Bowl Record: | 0–3 |
Championships: | Football 3 CIAA (1974–1976) Track and field 2 NCAA Division II Men's Outdoor (1973–1974) |
Awards: | Football 2× CIAA Coach of the Year (1974–1975) Track and field 4× CIAA Coach of the Year (1971–1974) |
William Leon "Dick" Price (September 10, 1933 – February 23, 2009) was an American football and track and field coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Norfolk State University from 1974 to 1983, compiling a record of 62–41–4 and leading his Norfolk State Spartans football teams to three consecutive Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in his first three seasons, 1974 to 1976. Price was also the head track and field coach at Norfolk State from 1964 to 1974.[1] His track teams won consecutive NCAA Division II Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1973 and 1974. William "Dick" Price Stadium, Norfolk State's home football venue, is named for Price.
A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Price graduated from Hampton University in 1957. He died on February 23, 2009, in Norfolk, after suffering from cancer.[2]