| Pete Dwyer | |
| Alma Mater: | Notre Dame (1910) |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1907–1909 |
| Player Team2: | Notre Dame |
| Player Positions: | Halfback |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1923–1928 |
| Coach Team2: | Niagara |
| Coach Years3: | 1929–1930 |
| Coach Team3: | Syracuse (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1931–1942 |
| Coach Team4: | Clarkson |
| Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
| Coach Years6: | 1923–1927 |
| Coach Team6: | Niagara |
| Coach Years7: | 1930–1936 |
| Coach Team7: | Clarkson |
| Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
| Coach Years9: | c. 1925 |
| Coach Team9: | Niagara |
| Overall Record: | 70–42–7 (football) 99–82 (basketball) |
| Championships: | Football 3 New York State Conference (1926–1928) 2 Western New York Little Three (1926–1927) |
Peter Dwyer was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach and head basketball coach at Niagara University from 1923 to 1927.[1] After working as an assistant coach at Syracuse University, Dwyer became the head football coach and head basketball coach at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York.[2] He was a 1910 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he played left halfback on the school's football team.[3] [4]
Dwyer was the Niagara head coach during the notorious 1923 Niagara vs. Colgate football game in which his player refused to tackle Colgate players unless they agreed to play a shortened game with 8-minute quarters.[5]