A graduate of Lenox High School. He lettered in Football, Basketball, Track & Field and Baseball. He attended Simpson College and graduated in 1949. Some of Dean’s accomplishments: Records: Football – 132 – 41 19 seasons Girls Basketball – 552 – 232 36 seasons Boys Basketball – 129 – 73 10 seasons Track and Fiels accomplishments: State indoor and outdoor Champions – 1963 to 1968 State Runners-up indoors in 1967 & 1968 State indoor – 1969 3rd State Cross Country Mile Team Race – 1968 & 1969 2nd His list of individuals and team championships is tremenduous. Dean likes to mention Norman Johnson when he talks about his great individual performers, along with Joe and Mike Henderson, and Rex Harvey. Dean is a member of the Iowa Football Coaches Hall of Fame. Awarded the Golden Plaque of Distinction. The Boy’s High School Referee for the Drake Relays in 1982.
