Dennis Wagner (born March 9, 1958) is an

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coach. He was the head football coach at

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from 2017 to 2020. Wagner served as the head football at

Wayne State College Wayne State College is a public college in Wayne, Nebraska. It is part of the Nebraska State College System and enrolls 4,202 students. The college opened as a public normal school in 1910 after the state purchased the private Nebraska Normal Co ...

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from 1989 to 1996 and at

Western Carolina University Western Carolina University (WCU) is a public university in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina system. The fifth oldest institution of the sixteen four-year universities in the UNC system, WCU was founded t ...

from 2008 to 2011. He took over as the twelfth head coach of the

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program on December 31, 2007 and resigned on November 13, 2011.

Playing career

Wagner begin his collegiate playing days in 1976 at

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, then transferred to

Ellsworth Community College Ellsworth Community College is a public community college in Iowa Falls, Iowa. It was founded as Ellsworth College in 1890 by Eugene S. Ellsworth. Originally a private business academy, it later became a four-year college, a music conservator ...

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, where he became a JUCO All-American and team captain. Wagner completed his playing career at the

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, and was selected team captain his senior season. He earned All-

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(WAC) honors and an honorable-mention All-America honor as an offensive guard.

Head coaching record

Football

References

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