James Laverne Dutcher (May 10, 1918 – December 14, 1992) was an American
college football
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Unlike most ...
coach. He served as the 23rd head football coach at
Doane College in
Crete, Nebraska and he held that position for ten seasons, from 1942 until 1951. His coaching record at Doane was 52–28–5. Dutcher led his team to a victory in the 1950
Bean Bowl
The Bean Bowl was a non-NCAA-sanctioned American college football bowl game played in Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Scottsbluff is a city in Scotts Bluff County, in the western part of the state of Nebraska, in the Great Plains region of the United S ...
by a score of 14 to 6 on November 23, 1950.
Dutcher later served as the head coach for
Cornell College in
Mount Vernon, Iowa
Mount Vernon is a city in Linn County, Iowa, United States, adjacent to the city of Lisbon. The population was 4,527 at the time of the 2020 census. Mount Vernon is part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
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from 1953 to 1958, where he compiled a record of 17–27–4.
Head coaching record
Football
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1918 births
1992 deaths
Basketball coaches from Nebraska
Cornell Rams football coaches
Doane Tigers football coaches
Doane Tigers men's basketball coaches
People from Hebron, Nebraska
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