{{Short description|American football player and coach (1925–2011)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Dean Laun | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|7|22}} | birth_place = Charles City, Iowa, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|10|21|1925|7|22}} | death_place = Modesto, California, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1946–1949 | player_team1 = Iowa State | player_positions = End | coach_years1 = 1950–1952 | coach_team1 = Spirit Lake HS (IA) | coach_years2 = 1954 | coach_team2 = York Community HS (IL) (freshmen/sophomores) | coach_years3 = 1955–1959 | coach_team3 = Buena Vista | overall_record = 24–18–2 (college) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = * 2× Second-team All-Big Seven (1946, 1948) | coaching_records = }} '''Dean Charles Laun''' (July 22, 1925 – October 21, 2011) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa from 1956 to 1959, compiling a record of 24–18–2.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dean Laun New Buena Vista Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43006095/the_mount_pleasant_news/ |newspaper=The Mount Pleasant News |location=Mount Pleasant, Iowa |date=June 29, 1955 |page=7 |access-date=January 25, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dean Laun Resigns |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43006173/sioux_city_journal/ |newspaper=Sioux City Journal |location=Sioux City, Iowa |agency=Associated Press |date=May 28, 1960 |page=9 |access-date=January 25, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bvuathletics.com/sports/fball/history-records/all-time_coach|title=Football All-Time Coaches Records|publisher=bvuathletics.com|access-date=January 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110174437/http://www.bvuathletics.com/sports/fball/history-records/all-time_coach|archive-date=January 10, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Laun played college football for four years at Iowa State University where he was an All-Big Seven Conference selection at end in 1947.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.widerightnattylite.com/2017/7/24/15944042/iowa-state-players-in-professional-football-part-2-1940s-1950s|title=Iowa State Players in Professional Football: Part 2 (1940s - 1950s)|publisher=SB Nation|date=July 24, 2017|access-date=January 9, 2018}}</ref>
Laun later coached high school football at several high schools in the state of California, including Downey High School, Grace M. Davis High School and Fred C. Beyer High School.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cvobituaries.com|title=Dean Charles Laun|work=Modesto Bee|access-date=January 9, 2018|date=November 19, 2008}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== ===College=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Buena Vista Beavers | conf = Iowa Conference | startyear = 1955 | endyear = 1959 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1955 | name = Buena Vista | overall = 5–3–1 | conference = 3–2–1 | confstanding = 4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1956 | name = Buena Vista | overall = 3–5–1 | conference = 3–5 | confstanding = T–6th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1957 | name = Buena Vista | overall = 3–5 | conference = 3–4 | confstanding = 6th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1958 | name = Buena Vista | overall = 5–4 | conference = 4–4 | confstanding = T–4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1959 | name = Buena Vista | overall = 8–1 | conference = 7–1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Buena Vista | overall = 24–18–2 | confrecord = 20–16–1 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 24–18–2 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
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