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

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player and coach. He attended the University of Iowa, where he played college football for the Hawkeyes. He then signed with the Chicago Bears of the

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(NFL) and played two games as a guard with the team in 1931. Myers served as the head football coach at Boston College 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 West Virginia University under Greasy Neale. Neale and Myers both moved to

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in 1934 to assist

Ducky Pond Raymond W. "Ducky" Pond (February 17, 1902 – August 25, 1982) was an American football and baseball player and football coach. He was the head football coach at Yale University from 1934 to 1940, and at Bates College in 1941 and from 1946 to 195 ...

. In 1936, Myers took the line coaching job at Brown University, where he worked for five years under Tuss McLaughry. On March 14, 1941, Myers was announced as the head football coach at Boston College, replacing

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, who had left to coach the

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. In his first two seasons, Myers posted records of 7–3 and 8–2 and led Boston College to the

1943 Orange Bowl The 1943 Orange Bowl, part of the 1942 bowl game season, took place on January 1, 1943, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Boston College ...

, 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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