Dean Slayton is a former American football coach. He was the 13th head football coach at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, serving for seven seasons, from 1972 to 1978, compiling a record of 28–42–2. After leaving Howard Payne in 1979, Slayton became an assistant coach at North Texas State University—now known as University of North Texas—under head coach Jerry Moore. He followed Moore to Texas Tech University in 1981 and remained there as an assistant coach for 16 seasons.[1]
| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| 1954–1955 | Tyler Junior College |
| 1956–1957 | Tulsa |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1958 | Tulsa (GA) |
| 1959–1960 | Duncan HS (OK) (assistant) |
| 1961 | Sherman HS (TX) (assistant) |
| 1962 | Jacksonville HS (TX) (assistant) |
| 1963 | Texas Western (assistant) |
| 1964 | Bridge City HS (TX) (assistant) |
| 1965 | Cisco HS (TX) (assistant) |
| 1966–1968 | McKinney HS (TX) (assistant) |
| 1969–1971 | Howard Payne (assistant) |
| 1972–1978 | Howard Payne |
| 1979–1980 | North Texas State (assistant) |
| 1981–1997 | Texas Tech (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 28–42–2 |
Head coaching record edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Payne Yellow Jackets (Lone Star Conference) (1972–1978) | |||||||||
| 1972 | Howard Payne | 5–4 | 4–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1973 | Howard Payne | 8–3 | 8–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1974 | Howard Payne | 5–6 | 4–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1975 | Howard Payne | 5–5–1 | 4–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1976 | Howard Payne | 1–8–1 | 1–5–1 | T–7th | |||||
| 1977 | Howard Payne | 2–8 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| 1978 | Howard Payne | 2–8 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| Howard Payne: | 28–42–2 | 21–19–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 28–34–2 | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Staff:Red Raiders:bio:Dean Slayton". texastech.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
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