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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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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