Spike Dykes
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Spike Dykes was a longtime American college football coach best known for leading Texas Tech University’s football program to sustained success in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spike Dykes canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football coach
ⓘ
college football coach ⓘ human ⓘ |
| almaMater | Stephen F. Austin State University ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Big 12 Coach of the Year
ⓘ
surface form:
Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year
Southwest Conference Coach of the Year ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Texas
ⓘ
surface form:
Texas, United States
|
| causeOfDeath | heart attack (reported) ⓘ |
| child | Sonny Dykes ⓘ |
| coachedAt |
Mississippi State University
ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi State (assistant coach)
New Mexico (assistant coach) ⓘ Texas Tech University ⓘ
surface form:
Texas Tech University (assistant coach)
University of Texas (assistant coach) ⓘ various Texas high school football programs ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1938-03-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-04-10 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Texas Tech University athletics records
ⓘ
obituaries in major Texas newspapers ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Stephen F. Austin State University ⓘ |
| employer | Texas Tech University ⓘ |
| endTime | 1999 (head coach at Texas Tech) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Dykes ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | sports coaching ⓘ |
| genre | American college football ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasPartInBiography | transition of Texas Tech football from Southwest Conference to Big 12 ⓘ |
| headCoachOf | Texas Tech Red Raiders football team ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| leagueCoachedIn |
Big 12 Conference
ⓘ
Southwest Conference ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
ⓘ
surface form:
Texas Tech Red Raiders football
|
| nickname | Spike ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first coach to lead Texas Tech into the Big 12 Conference era
ⓘ
multiple bowl game appearances with Texas Tech ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading Texas Tech football to sustained success in the late 1980s and 1990s ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Sonny Dykes
ⓘ
surface form:
Sonny Dykes (as a coach and mentor)
|
| notableWork | building competitive Texas Tech football teams in the Southwest Conference and Big 12 eras ⓘ |
| occupation | American football coach ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lubbock, Texas, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Horseshoe Bay, Texas, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld | head football coach at Texas Tech University ⓘ |
| relative | Sonny Dykes ⓘ |
| residence | Texas ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| startTime | 1986 (head coach at Texas Tech) ⓘ |
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