# Dean Laun
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{{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](/source/Charles_City%2C_Iowa), U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|10|21|1925|7|22}}
| death_place = [Modesto, California](/source/Modesto%2C_California), U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1946–1949
| player_team1 = [Iowa State](/source/Iowa_State_Cyclones_football)
| player_positions = [End](/source/End_(gridiron_football))
| coach_years1 = 1950–1952
| coach_team1 = [Spirit Lake HS (IA)](/source/Spirit_Lake_Community_School_District)
| coach_years2 = 1954
| coach_team2 = [York Community HS (IL)](/source/York_Community_High_School) (freshmen/sophomores)
| coach_years3 = 1955–1959
| coach_team3 = [Buena Vista](/source/Buena_Vista_Beavers_football)
| overall_record = 24–18–2 (college)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships =
| awards =
* 2× Second-team All-[Big Seven](/source/Big_Eight_Conference) ([1946](/source/1946_All-Big_Six_Conference_football_team), [1948](/source/1948_All-Big_Seven_Conference_football_team))
| coaching_records =
}}
'''Dean Charles Laun''' (July 22, 1925 – October 21, 2011) was an American [football](/source/American_football) coach. He served as the head football coach at [Buena Vista University](/source/Buena_Vista_University) in [Storm Lake, Iowa](/source/Storm_Lake%2C_Iowa) from 1956 to 1959, compiling a record of 24–18–2.[{{cite news |author= |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](/source/Mount_Pleasant%2C_Iowa) |date=June 29, 1955 |page=7 |access-date=January 25, 2020 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) {{Open access}} }}][{{cite news |author= |title=Dean Laun Resigns |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43006173/sioux_city_journal/ |newspaper=[Sioux City Journal](/source/Sioux_City_Journal) |location=[Sioux City, Iowa](/source/Sioux_City%2C_Iowa) |agency=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) |date=May 28, 1960 |page=9 |access-date=January 25, 2020 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) {{Open access}} }}][{{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}}]
Laun played college football for four years at [Iowa State University](/source/Iowa_State_University) where he was an All-[Big Seven Conference](/source/Big_Eight_Conference) selection at [end](/source/End_(gridiron_football)) in 1947.[{{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}}]
Laun later coached high school football at several high schools in the state of [California](/source/California), including [Downey High School](/source/Downey_High_School), [Grace M. Davis High School](/source/Grace_M._Davis_High_School) and [Fred C. Beyer High School](/source/Fred_C._Beyer_High_School).[{{cite news|url=http://www.cvobituaries.com|title=Dean Charles Laun|work=Modesto Bee|access-date=January 9, 2018|date=November 19, 2008}}]
==Head coaching record==
===College===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [Buena Vista Beavers](/source/Buena_Vista_Beavers_football)
| conf = [Iowa Conference](/source/American_Rivers_Conference)
| startyear = 1955
| endyear = 1959
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [1955](/source/1955_college_football_season)
| 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](/source/1956_college_football_season)
| 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](/source/1957_college_football_season)
| 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](/source/1958_college_football_season)
| 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](/source/1959_college_football_season)
| 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
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Buena Vista Beavers football coach navbox}}
{{Chicago Cardinals 1949 draft navbox}}
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Category:1925 births
Category:2011 deaths
Category:American football ends
Category:Buena Vista Beavers football coaches
Category:Iowa State Cyclones football players
Category:High school football coaches in California
Category:High school football coaches in Illinois
Category:High school football coaches in Iowa
Category:People from Charles City, Iowa
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