Paul Roach (American football)

Paul Roach
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1927-10-24) October 24, 1927
Alma mater	Black Hills State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972–1974 1975–1976 1977–1980 1987–1990	Oakland Raiders (OB) Green Bay Packers (OC) Denver Broncos (OB) Wyoming
Head coaching record
Overall	35–15
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 2 WAC (1987–1988)
Awards 2× WAC Coach of the Year (1987–1988)

Paul Roach (born October 24, 1927) is a former American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wyoming from 1987 to 1990. While there, he compiled a 35–15 record, had a .700 winning percentage, highest in school history,^[1] and two seasons of ten or more wins (1987–1988). During that time he also served as the school's athletic director, and won two Western Athletic Conference championships. In both those years, he won WAC Coach of the Year honors, and was a two-time finalist for National Coach of the Year.

He has also served as an assistant coach in the National Football League (NFL) with the Denver Broncos, Green Bay Packers, and Oakland Raiders.

Roach graduated from Black Hills Teacher's College (now Black Hills State University) in 1952.

References

^ "Wyoming Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 22, 2013.

Wyoming Cowboys head football coaches

Fred Hess (1892)
No team (1893)
Fred Hess & J. F. Soule (1894)
J. F. Soule (1895–1897)
Fred Hess (1898)
J. F. Soule (1899)
William McMurray (1900–1906)
Robert Ehlman (1907–1908)
Harold I. Dean (1909–1911)
Leon Exelby (1912)
Ralph Thacker (1913–1914)
John J. Corbett (1915–1917)
No team (1918)
John J. Corbett (1919–1923)
William Henry Dietz (1924–1926)
George McLaren (1927–1929)
John Rhodes (1930–1932)
Willard Witte (1933–1938)
Joel Hunt (1939)
Okie Blanchard (1940)
Bunny Oakes (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Bunny Oakes (1946)
Bowden Wyatt (1947–1952)
Phil Dickens (1953–1956)
Bob Devaney (1957–1961)
Lloyd Eaton (1962–1970)
Fritz Shurmur (1971–1974)
Fred Akers (1975–1976)
Bill Lewis (1977–1979)
Pat Dye (1980)
Al Kincaid (1981–1985)
Dennis Erickson (1986)
Paul Roach (1987–1990)
Joe Tiller (1991–1996)
Dana Dimel (1997–1999)
Vic Koenning (2000–2002)
Joe Glenn (2003–2008)
Dave Christensen (2009–2013)
Pete Kaligis # (2012)
Craig Bohl (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

Wyoming Cowboys and Cowgirls athletic directors

John J. Corbett (1915–?) John Rhodes (?–1933) Willard Witte (1933–?) Glenn Jacoby (1946–1973) George McCarty (1970–1980) Bob Hitch (1980–1981) Gary Cunningham (1981–1986) Paul Roach (1986–1996) Lee Moon (1996–2003) Gary Barta (2003–2006) Tom Burman (2006– )

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Paul Roach (American football)