Pete Dwyer

Pete Dwyer

Biographical details
Alma mater	Notre Dame (1910)
Playing career
Football
1907–1909	Notre Dame
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923–1928	Niagara
1929–1930	Syracuse (assistant)
1931–1942	Clarkson
Basketball
1923–1927	Niagara
1930–1936	Clarkson
Baseball
c. 1925	Niagara
Head coaching record
Overall	70–42–7 (football) 99–82 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 3 New York State Conference (1926–1928) 2 Western New York Little Three (1926–1927)

Peter Dwyer was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach and head basketball coach at Niagara University from 1923 to 1927. ^[1] After working as an assistant coach at Syracuse University, Dwyer became the head football coach and head basketball coach at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. ^[2] He was a 1910 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he played left halfback on the school's football team. ^{[3] [4]}

Dwyer was the Niagara head coach during the notorious 1923 Niagara vs. Colgate football game in which his players refused to tackle Colgate players unless they agreed to play a shortened game with 8-minute quarters. ^[5]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Niagara Purple Eagles (Western New York Little Three Conference)(1923–1925)
1923	Niagara	4–4
1924	Niagara	4–4
1925	Niagara	4–4
Niagara Purple Eagles (New York State Conference / Western New York Little Three Conference)(1926–1928)
1926	Niagara	4–3–1	2–0–1 / 2–0	1st / 1st
1927	Niagara	5–3	1–0	1st
1928	Niagara	4–4	4–0	1st
Niagara:		25–22–1
Clarkson Golden Knights (Independent)(1931–1943)
1931	Clarkson	5–3
1932	Clarkson	6–2
1933	Clarkson	4–3–1
1934	Clarkson	3–3
1935	Clarkson	5–1–1
1936	Clarkson	3–3–2
1937	Clarkson	2–5
1938	Clarkson	2–4–1
1939	Clarkson	5–2
1940	Clarkson	5–3
1941	Clarkson	5–1–1
Clarkson:		45–30–6
Total:		70–42–7
National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. "Basketball". Sports-Reference College Basketball. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
2. "Pete Dwyer". Clarkson University Athletics. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
3. "1909 Football" (PDF). University of Notre Dame . Retrieved June 18, 2019.
4. "All-Time Roster" (PDF). University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
5. "Football's Big Burlesque". Buffalo Courier-Express.