1. Richard F MacPherson was an American football coach.
16 Facts About Dick MacPherson
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Dick MacPherson enrolled at Maine Maritime Academy and then served in the US Air Force from 1950 to 1954 during the Korean War.
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Dick MacPherson was a center and linebacker on the football team, a member of the Chiefs' undefeated 1956 squad and served as team captain as a senior.
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Dick MacPherson's first coaching stop was at University of Illinois where he was a graduate assistant coach with the freshman team while working on his master's degree.
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Dick MacPherson moved on to University of Massachusetts as freshman coach for two years and then took an assistant's post at University of Cincinnati under Coach Chuck Studley.
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Dick MacPherson returned to the NFL as an assistant coach on the staff of Sam Rutigliano with the Cleveland Browns from 1978 to 1980.
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Dick MacPherson was hired as the 25th head coach at Syracuse University by then-athletics director Jake Crouthamel.
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Dick MacPherson was fired at the end of the season.
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Dick MacPherson employed and mentored future college head coaches Gary Blackney, Randy Edsall, Jim Hofher, Bill Maxwell, George O'Leary, Paul Pasqualoni and Hall of Famer Jim Tressel.
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Dick MacPherson coached two Hall of Famers at Syracuse: defensive tackle Tim Green and quarterback Don McPherson.
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Dick MacPherson coached two NFF National Scholar-Athletes: Anthony Romano in 1983 and Green in 1985.
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Dick MacPherson was a radio analyst for Syracuse football games, first on game-day coverage for local station WSYR and later as part of the program's official radio network.
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Dick MacPherson teamed with Dave Pasch, the voice of the Arizona Cardinals and college football and basketball on ESPN, as well as current Voice of the Orange Matt Park.
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Dick MacPherson was honored as the Grand Marshal at the 28th Annual Syracuse St Patrick's Parade in 2010.
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Dick MacPherson died surrounded by his family at the Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, New York, on August 8,2017, at the age of 86.
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Dick MacPherson's grandsons, Macky and Cameron, were both semifinalists for the NFF William V Campbell Trophy while playing football at Syracuse, and Macky was a graduate assistant coach with the Orange.