Richard Paul Scesniak (June 28, 1940 – April 1, 1986) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

coach. He served as the head football coach at

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from 1983 to 1985, compiling a record of 8–25. Scesniak died of an apparent heart attack on April 1, 1986 after he collapsed while exercising at

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Head coaching record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scesniak, Dick 1940 births 1986 deaths American football linebackers Iowa State Cyclones football coaches Iowa State Cyclones football players Kent State Golden Flashes football coaches Missouri Tigers football coaches New York Giants coaches Utah Utes football coaches Washington Huskies football coaches Wisconsin Badgers football coaches Players of American football from Chicago