Dick Zornes (born June 15, 1944) is a former

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player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the head football coach at

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in Cheney from 1979 to 1993, compiling a record. Zornes also served two stints as the

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at Eastern Washington, from 1990 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 1999. A native of

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, he played

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at Eastern Washington—then Eastern Washington State College—from 1963 to 1966 as a

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and fullback for the Savages, then an NAIA program in the

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. Zornes continued at his alma mater in 1967 as a student coach under Dave Holmes and moved with Holmes to the

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in 1968. Zornes was later an assistant coach at Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology—now known as

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—in

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and with the

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of the

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(CFL). He was hired as the head coach at

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, a junior college in

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, in 1977. In two seasons at Columbia Basin he tallied a mark of 17–3.

Head coaching record

College

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zornes, Dick 1944 births Living people American football fullbacks American football safeties BC Lions coaches Eastern Washington Eagles athletic directors Eastern Washington Eagles football coaches Eastern Washington Eagles football players Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football coaches Montana Tech Orediggers football coaches Columbia Basin Hawks football coaches Sportspeople from Vancouver, Washington Players of American football from Washington (state)