Dunny Goode | |
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Birth Date: | 24 October 1929 |
Birth Place: | Pampa, Texas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Clovis, New Mexico, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1949–1951 |
Player Team1: | Hardin–Simmons |
Player Positions: | Halfback |
Coach Years1: | 1956–1958 |
Coach Team1: | Canadian HS (TX) (backfield) |
Coach Years2: | 1959 |
Coach Team2: | Lefors HS (TX) (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1960 |
Coach Team3: | Hardin–Simmons (DB/freshmen) |
Coach Years4: | 1961–1963 |
Coach Team4: | Lefors HS (TX) |
Coach Years5: | 1964 |
Coach Team5: | Taft HS (TX) |
Coach Years6: | 1965–1967 |
Coach Team6: | Beeville HS (TX) |
Coach Years7: | 1968–1971 |
Coach Team7: | Canyon HS (TX) |
Coach Years8: | 1973–1977 |
Coach Team8: | Clovis HS (NM) |
Coach Years9: | 1978–1982 |
Coach Team9: | Eastern New Mexico |
Coach Years10: | 1984 |
Coach Team10: | Goddard HS (NM) |
Coach Years11: | 1985–1987 |
Coach Team11: | Farmington HS (NM) |
Coach Years12: | 1988–1990 |
Coach Team12: | Austin HS (El Paso, TX) (assistant) |
Overall Record: | 21–29–1 (college) |
William Frank "Dunny" Goode (October 24, 1929 – June 1, 2004) was an American football player and coach. He was the tenth head football coach for Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico, serving for five seasons, from 1978 to 1982, and compiling a record of 21–29–1.[1] [2]
Goode played college football as a halfback at Hardin–Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. As a senior in 1951, he was the second in the nation in rushing yards with 1,399.[3] He was selected by the Washington Redskins in the 26th round of the 1952 NFL draft with the 307th overall pick.[4]
Goode began his coaching career in 1956 as backfield coach at Canadian High School in Canadian, Texas. He spent two years working in the sporting goods business in Andrews, Texas before he was appointed as an assistant coach at Lefors High School in Lefors, Texas.[5] Goode returned to Hardin–Simmons in 1960 as an assistant coach, mentoring the freshman football team and the defensive backfield on the varsity team.[6]
Goode was hired to his first head coaching job at Lefors High School in 1961. After three seasons, he resigned to take the same job at Taft High School in Taft, Texas.[7] The following year, he moved on to Beeville High School in Beeville, Texas.[8]
Goode was the head football coach at Clovis High School in Clovis, New Mexico from 1973 to 1977, compiling a record of 49–14 in five seasons and leading his 1977 squad to the Class AAAA New Mexico state football title.[9] [10]
Goode died on June 1, 2004, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. He had suffered from Alzheimer's disease and was hospitalized a week prior to his death.[11]