Dwight Stuessy

{{Short description|American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Dwight Stuessy | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|6|15}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1957|2|12|1906|6|15}} | death_place = [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]], U.S. | alma_mater = | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = 1926–1928 | player_team2 = [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]] | player_positions = [[Quarterback]] | coach_sport1 = Football, Basketball, Track | coach_years2 = 1929–1936 | coach_team2 = [[Durham High School (North Carolina)|Durham HS (NC)]] | coach_years3 = 1937–1938 | coach_team3 = [[Macalester Scots football|Macalester]] | coach_years4 = 1946–1956 | coach_team4 = Macalester | coach_sport5 = Basketball | coach_years6 = 1929–1937 | coach_team6 = [[Durham High School (North Carolina)|Durham HS (NC)]] | coach_years7 = 1937–1939 | coach_team7 = [[Macalester Scots men's basketball|Macalester]] | coach_years8 = 1939–1943 | coach_team8 = [[William & Mary Tribe men's basketball|William & Mary]] | coach_years9 = 1946–1957 | coach_team9 = Macalester | admin_years1 = 1946–1957 | admin_team1 = [[Macalester Scots|Macalester]] | overall_record = 45–49–7 (college football) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = 1 [[Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|MIAC]] (1947) | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''T. Dwight''' "'''Slip'''" '''Stuessy''' (June 15, 1906 – February 12, 1957) was an American [[American football|football]] and [[basketball]] coach and college athletics administrator. He served two stints as the head football coach at [[Macalester College]] in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]], from 1937 to 1938 and 1946 to 1956, compiling a record of 45–49–7. Stuessy also had two stints as the head basketball coach at Macalester, from 1937 to 1939 and 1946 until his death in early 1957. In between his two runs as Macalester, he was the head basketball coach at the [[College of William & Mary]] in [[Williamsburg, Virginia]], from 1939 to 1943. He led the [[William & Mary Tribe men's basketball|William & Mary Tribe]] to a 54–39 overall record and a 28–16 mark in [[Southern Conference]] play during his four seasons as coach.<ref name=MDG>[http://www.tribeathletics.com/story.php/6213/ William & Mary men's basketball history - Media Guide 2007-08] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511145330/http://www.tribeathletics.com/story.php/6213/ |date=May 11, 2008 }}. Accessed March 24, 2008.</ref>

A native of [[Woodstock, Illinois]], Stuessy played [[college football]] at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] as [[quarterback]] from 1926 to 1928 under head coach [[Robert Zuppke]]. He was a member of the [[1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team]], which was recognized as a [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national champion]]. Stuessy died of a heart attack on February 12, 1957, after coaching a basketball game at the [[University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)|College of St. Thomas]] in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Stuessy Died Happy, Doctor Says; No Warning of Death |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64981867/the-minneapolis-star/ |newspaper=[[The Minneapolis Star]] |location=[[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]] |date=February 13, 1957 |page=66 |access-date=December 9, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

==Head coaching record== ===College football=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Macalester Scots football|Macalester Scots]] | conf = [[Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] | startyear = 1937 | endyear = 1938 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1937 college football season|1937]] | name = Macalester | overall = 1–5–1 | conference = 1–4 | confstanding = 7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1938 college football season|1938]] | name = Macalester | overall = 4–3 | conference = 2–3 | confstanding = T–5th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Macalester Scots football|Macalester Scots]] | conf = [[Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] | startyear = 1946 | endyear = 1956 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1946 college football season|1946]] | name = [[1946 Macalester Scots football team|Macalester]] | overall = 1–6–1 | conference = 0–4–1 | confstanding = 8th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = [[1947 college football season|1947]] | name = [[1947 Macalester Scots football team|Macalester]] | overall = 5–0–1 | conference = 4–0 | confstanding = T–1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1948 college football season|1948]] | name = Macalester | overall = 6–2 | conference = 4–1 | confstanding = T–2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1949 college football season|1949]] | name = Macalester | overall = 3–4–1 | conference = 2–3–1 | confstanding = T–5th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1950 college football season|1950]] | name = Macalester | overall = 5–3–1 | conference = 3–2–1 | confstanding = 4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1951 college football season|1951]] | name = Macalester | overall = 2–7 | conference = 0–6 | confstanding = T–9th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1952 college football season|1952]] | name = Macalester | overall = 2–4–1 | conference = 2–2–1 | confstanding = T–4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1953 college football season|1953]] | name = Macalester | overall = 5–3 | conference = 4–2 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1954 college football season|1954]] | name = Macalester | overall = 2–6 | conference = 1–5 | confstanding = 7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1955 college football season|1955]] | name = Macalester | overall = 4–3–1 | conference = 4–2 | confstanding = T–2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1956 college football season|1956]] | name = Macalester | overall = 5–3 | conference = 4–3 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Macalester | overall = 45–49–7 | confrecord = 31–37–4 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 45–49–7 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = }}

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