Dennis Edward Myers (November 10, 1905 – May 30, 1957) was an

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player and coach. He attended the

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, where he played

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for the

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. He then signed with the

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of the

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(NFL) and played two games as a

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with the team in 1931. Myers served as the head football coach at

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from 1941 to 1942 and again from 1946 to 1950, compiling a record of 35–27–4.

Coaching career

Myers left the NFL after one year and was hired as line coach at

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under

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. Neale and Myers both moved to

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in 1934 to assist Ducky Pond. In 1936, Myers took the line coaching job at

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

, where he worked for five years under

Tuss McLaughry DeOrmond "Tuss" McLaughry (May 19, 1893 – November 26, 1974) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania (1915–1916, 1918, 1921), Amherst College (1922 ...

. On March 14, 1941, Myers was announced as the head football coach at

, replacing Frank Leahy, who had left to coach the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In his first two seasons, Myers posted records of 7–3 and 8–2 and led Boston College to the

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, where the Eagles lost to

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, 37–21. In 1943, Myers left Boston College to serve in the

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. After being discharged, he returned to Boston College. He posted three winning seasons from 1946 to 1948 and a 4–4–1 campaign in 1949, but was fired after a winless season in 1950. In seven seasons at Boston College, Myers compiled a record of 35–27–4.

Head coaching record

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Coaching career

Head coaching record

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