Dick Gurley

American sports coach (1897–1976)

Dick Gurley
Biographical details
Born	(1897-03-27)March 27, 1897
Died	August 8, 1976(1976-08-08) (aged 79)
Playing career
Football
1917–1920	NC State

Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1924–1931	Lenoir–Rhyne
Basketball
1924–1932	Lenoir–Rhyne
Baseball
1925–1932	Lenoir–Rhyne

Head coaching record
Overall	33–39–4 (football) 67–71 (basketball) 68–59–1 (baseball)

Richard Nestus Gurley (March 27, 1897 – August 8, 1976) was an American football, basketball and baseball coach.^[1] He served as the head football coach at Lenoir–Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina from 1924 to 1931.^[2] He served as the school's head basketball and baseball coach.^{[citation needed]}

As a college football player, he was a starting quarterback at North Carolina State University.^[3]

References

^ "Sports Slants". Gastonia Daily Gazette. August 28, 1929. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Richard Gurley". Lenoir–Rhyne Bears. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "2011 NC State Football Media Guide" (PDF). davefromcarterfinley.com. 1911. Retrieved March 5, 2019.

External links

Dick Gurley at Find a Grave

NC State Wolfpack starting quarterbacks

Gurley (1917–1920)
Adams (1928–1930)
Mooney (1950)
Webster (1951)
Frantz (1952)
West (1953–1955)
Franklin (1956)
Katich (1957)
Cackovic (1958)
Gabriel (1959–1961)
Rossi (1962–1963)
Skosnik (1964)
Noggle (1965)
Donnan (1966–1967)
Klebe (1968)
Moody (1969)
Korsnick (1970)
Shaw (1971–1972)
Buckey (1973–1975)
J. Evans (1976–1977)
Smith (1978–1979)
Avery (1980–1982)
Laraway (1981)
Esposito (1983–1984)
Kramer (1985–1986)
Montgomery (1987–1989)
Poag (1987–1988)
Davenport (1990)
Jordan (1990–1992)
Bender (1991–1994)
Harvey (1991, 1993–1995)
Laureano (1995–1996)
Barnette (1996–1999)
Rivers (2000–2003)
Davis (2004–2005)
Stone (2005–2006)
D. Evans (2006–2008)
Beck (2007–2008)
Wilson (2008–2010)
Glennon (2011–2012)
Mitchell (2013)
Thomas (2013)
Brissett (2014–2015)
R. Finley (2016–2018)
McKay (2019)
Hockman (2019–2020)
Leary (2019–2022)
Chambers (2022)
Morris (2022–2023)
B. Finley (2022)
Armstrong (2023)

v t e Lenoir–Rhyne Bears head football coaches
Tom Warlick (1907–1908) Burton H. Schoeff (1909) Daniel M. Williams (1910–1911) No team (1912–1920) Phil Utley (1921) Norman Lamotte (1922–1923) Dick Gurley (1924–1931) Robert M. Shores (1932–1936) Albert Spurlock (1937) Robert M. Shores (1938–1941) No team (1942–1945) Clarence Stasavich (1946–1961) Hanley Painter (1962–1972) Danny Williams (1973) Jack Huss (1974–1979) Henry VanSant (1980–1983) John Perry (1984–1990) Charles Forbes (1991–1996) Bill Hart (1997–2001) Wayne Hicks (2002–2006) Fred Goldsmith (2007–2010) Mike Houston (2011–2013) Ian Shields (2014–2015) Mike Kellar (2016–2017) Drew Cronic (2018–2019) Mike Jacobs (2020–2023) Doug Socha (2024– )

Lenoir–Rhyne Bears head football coaches