American football player and coach (1906–1983)
Lowell Potter "Red" Dawson (December 20, 1906 – June 10, 1983) was an American football coach for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and the Tulane Green Wave at the collegiate level and the AAFC's Buffalo Bills at the professional level. He was a native of River Falls, Wisconsin .[ 1]
He learned the craft of football coaching at the University of Minnesota under Bernie Bierman , his former coach at Tulane. At Pitt he coached future Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Schmidt and won Pittsburgh 's "Dapper Dan" sports award in 1952. Dawson's greatest successes as a coach, however, were with Tulane and Buffalo. His 1939 Tulane squad went through the season undefeated before a disappointing loss to Texas A&M in the Sugar Bowl . In 1948 his Buffalo Bills team captured the AAFC Eastern Division title in a playoff against the Baltimore Colts , though they ultimately lost the AAFC Championship Game to the Cleveland Browns . Dawson's final win–loss record was 36–19–4 at Tulane, 9–11–1 at Pittsburgh, and 19–25–4 at Buffalo.
Head coaching record
College
Professional
Team
Year
Regular Season
Post Season
Won
Lost
Ties
Win %
Finish
Won
Lost
Win %
Result
BUF
1946
3
10
1
.250
T-2nd in AAFC East
–
–
–
–
BUF
1947
8
4
2
.643
2nd in AAFC East
–
–
–
–
BUF
1948
7
7
0
.500
1st in AAFC East
1
1
.500
Lost to Cleveland Browns in AAFC Championship.
BUF
1949
1
4
1
.250
3rd in AAFC
–
–
–
–
BUF Total
19
25
4
.438
–
–
–
–
AAFC Total[ 2]
19
25
4
.438
1
1
.500
–
Total
19
25
4
.438
1
1
.500
–
References
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Lyle Richeson
Lester Lautenschlaeger (1924–1925)
Johnny Menville (1927–1928)
Dick Baumbach
Red Dawson (1931)
Barney Mintz
Dick Page
Bobby Kellogg (1939)
Jim Ely (1940)
Bobby Glass (1941)
Lou Thomas (1942)
Dub Jones (1943)
Bennie Ellender (1944, 1947)
Ernest Crouch (1945)
Jim Keeton (1946)
Joe Ernst (1948–1950)
Fred Dempsey (1951)
Peter Clement (1952–1953)
Fred Wilcox (1954)
Gene Newton (1955–1956)
Carleton Sweeney (1957)
Richie Petitbon (1958)
Phil Nugent (1959–1960)
Jack Domingue (1961)
Ted Miller (1962)
Al Burguieres (1963)
David East (1964)
Bobby Duhon (1965–1967)
Wayne Francingues (1968)
Rusty Lachaussee (1969)
Mike Walker (1970–1971)
Steve Foley (1972–1974)
Terry Looney (1974)
Buddy Gilbert (1975)
Roch Hontas (1976–1979)
Nickie Hall (1980)
Mike McKay (1981–1982)
Bubby Brister (1983)
Jon English (1983)
Wade Elmore (1983)
Mark Massey (1983)
Ken Karcher (1984–1985)
Terrence Jones (1986–1988)
Deron Smith (1989–1990)
Jerome Woods (1991)
Billy Duncan (1992)
Shawn Meadows (1992)
Craig Randall (1993)
Tracey Watts (1994)
Aley Demarest (1995)
Shaun King (1995–1998)
Patrick Ramsey (1999–2001)
J. P. Losman (2000–2003)
Lester Ricard (2004–2006)
Richard Irvin (2004)
Scott Elliott (2005, 2007)
Anthony Scelfo (2007)
Kevin Moore (2008, 2010)
Joe Kemp (2009)
Ryan Griffin (2009–2012)
Devin Powell (2012–2015)
D.J. Ponder (2012)
Nick Montana (2013–2014)
Tanner Lee (2014–2015)
Jordy Joseph (2015)
Glen Cuiellette (2016)
Johnathan Brantley (2016–2017)
Jonathan Banks (2017–2018)
Justin McMillan (2018–2019)
Keon Howard (2020)
Michael Pratt (2020–2023)
Kai Horton (2021, 2023)
Justin Ibieta (2022)
Darian Mensah (2024)
# denotes interim head coach
# denotes interim head coach