Bob Reade
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 22, 1932 Monticello, Iowa |
| Playing career | |
| 1950s | Cornell (IA) |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1962–1978 | Darnall HS (IL) |
| 1979–1994 | Augustana (IL) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall |
146–23–1 (college) 146–21–4 (high school) |
| Tournaments | 19–7 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
|
4 Division III National (1983–1986) 12 CCIW (1981–1988, 1990–1991, 1993–1994) | |
| Awards | |
|
4x AFCA Division III Coach of the Year (1983–1986) Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1998) | |
|
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1998 (profile) | |
Bob Reade (born July 22, 1932) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois from 1979 to 1994, compiling a record of 146–23–1. His Augustana Vikings won four consecutive NCAA Division III National Football Championships from 1983 and 1986 and were runners-up in 1982. Reade's teams went unbeaten for 60 straight games (59 wins, one tie) between the start of the 1983 season and the second round of the 1987 NCAA Division III playoffs, when Augustana lost to Dayton, 38–36.[1] This remains the record for the longest unbeaten streak in NCAA Division III football history.[2] Reade's teams won or shared 12 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championships and he was named conference Coach of the Year nine times (1981, 1983–1987, 1990, 1993–1994). This award is now named in his honor. Reade was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1998.
Playing career
Reade played football as a linebacker at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, from which he graduated in 1954.
Coaching career
Reade was the head football coach at J. D. Darnall High School in Geneseo, Illinois from 1962 to 1978, compiling a record of 146–21–4. In 1979, Reade was hired at Augustana College, an NCAA Division III school in Rock Island, Illinois. He retired in 1994 with 146 wins and 11 playoff appearances at Augustana.
Honors
Reade was a recipient of the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1998. In 1993, Reade authored a booked titled Coaching Football Successfully (ISBN 087322518X), for which Penn State's Joe Paterno wrote the foreword.
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augustana (Illinois) Vikings (College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) (1979–1994) | |||||||||
| 1979 | Augustana | 6–3 | 5–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1980 | Augustana | 6–3 | 5–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1981 | Augustana | 9–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
| 1982 | Augustana | 11–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Championship | ||||
| 1983 | Augustana | 12–0 | 8–0 | 1st | W NCAA Division III Championship | ||||
| 1984 | Augustana | 12–0 | 8–0 | 1st | W NCAA Division III Championship | ||||
| 1985 | Augustana | 13–0 | 8–0 | 1st | W NCAA Division III Championship | ||||
| 1986 | Augustana | 12–0–1 | 7–0–1 | 1st | W NCAA Division III Championship | ||||
| 1987 | Augustana | 10–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal | ||||
| 1988 | Augustana | 10–2 | 7–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division III Semifinal | ||||
| 1989 | Augustana | 8–2 | 7–1 | 2nd | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
| 1990 | Augustana | 8–2 | 7–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
| 1991 | Augustana | 8–1 | 7–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1992 | Augustana | 6–3 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1993 | Augustana | 7–2 | 7–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1994 | Augustana | 8–2 | 6–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
| Augustana: | 146–23–1 | 112–12–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 146–23–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| †Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ AP (November 29, 1987). "Augustana Streak Is Ended at 60". The New York Times. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ↑ "2010 NCAA Division II-III Football Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 94. Retrieved October 20, 2010.