Dean Nicholson

Inducted into the IATC Hall of Fame in 2002. Dean was born in Des Moines in October 1934. He was raised in Lake City and graduated from high school in 1952. He participated in many activities in high school. He was a member of the 1952 state championship track team.
After graduation from high school, Dean enrolled at Buena Vista College in Storm Lake. He graduated from BVC in 1957. Dean began his teaching career in Storm Lake in 1957. He taught at Storm Lake until his retirement from teaching in 2000. Dean coached football and track and served as volunteer assistant in cross country during a 45 year coaching career. Some of his accomplishments in track and field are: one hundred fifty eight state qualifiers, forty-one state place winners, three state championship teams, two state runner-ups, 1 fourth place, one 5th place and one sixth place finish at the state meet. His teams have won three Lakes Conference titles, three conference runner-ups, three 3rd place finishes, and four fourth place finishes. Dean has received many honors during his outstanding career. Some of these are, State Coach of the Year in 1987, 1988, and 2002, Regional Coach of the Year in 1989, 1994, 2000, and the 1984 Buena Vista College Coach of the Year. Dean has served on the track and Field advisory board for the Iowa High School Athletic Association. Dean has been married to his wife Donadee for 42 years. They have two children, Barb and Todd.