| Ron Dupree | |
| Birth Date: | 13 February 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Alexandria, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1965–1966 |
| Player Team2: | Highland (KS) |
| Player Years3: | 1967 |
| Player Team3: | South Dakota |
| Player Years4: | 1968 |
| Player Team4: | Emporia State |
| Player Positions: | Running back |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1971 |
| Coach Team2: | Penney HS (MO) |
| Coach Years3: | 1972 |
| Coach Team3: | Mount Carmel HS (TX) |
| Coach Years4: | 1973 |
| Coach Team4: | Arp HS (TX) |
| Coach Years5: | 1974 |
| Coach Team5: | Highland (KS) |
| Coach Years6: | 1975 |
| Coach Team6: | Eastern Montana |
| Coach Years7: | 1976 |
| Coach Team7: | Arp HS (TX) |
| Coach Years8: | 1978 |
| Coach Team8: | Graham HS (TX) |
| Coach Years9: | 1979–1980 |
| Coach Team9: | Kansas Wesleyan |
| Coach Years10: | 1981–1984 |
| Coach Team10: | Little Cypress-Mauriceville HS (TX) |
| Coach Years11: | 1985–1986 |
| Coach Team11: | Gilmer HS (TX) |
| Coach Years12: | 1987 |
| Coach Team12: | Delta State (GA) |
| Coach Years13: | 1988–1989 |
| Coach Team13: | La Joya HS (TX) |
| Coach Years14: | 1992 |
| Coach Team14: | Roosevelt HS (TX) |
| Coach Years15: | 1993 |
| Coach Team15: | Macalester (OC) |
| Coach Years16: | 1994–1995 |
| Coach Team16: | Marfa HS (TX) |
| Coach Years17: | 1996 |
| Coach Team17: | Kansas Wesleyan |
| Coach Years18: | 2001 |
| Coach Team18: | Castleberry HS (TX) |
| Overall Record: | 16–21 (college) 3–5 (junior college) |
| Championships: | 1 Frontier (1975) |
Ron Paul Dupree (February 13, 1941 – November 27, 2020) was an American football player and coach. Dupree was the 15th head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, serving for three seasons, from 1979 to 1980 and again in 1996. His coaching record at Kansas Wesleyan was 11–18.[1]
Dupree graduated from high school in Orange, Texas and attended Highland Junior College in Highland, Kansas, where he played football as a running back in 1965 and 1966. He also played basketball at Highland. Dupree transferred to the University of South Dakota in 1967 and then to Kansas State Teachers College—now known as Emporia State University—in 1968.[2] He married Carol Sue Scholz, on July 4, 1968, in Wathena, Kansas.[3]
Dupree began his coaching career at the high school level, coaching football in Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas and compiling a record of 29–16 at four schools. He was hired as head football coach at Highland Junior College in 1974.[4] The following year, he was hired in the same capacity at Eastern Montana College—now known as Montana State University Billings.[5]
Dupree died on November 27, 2020.[6]