Roy Dennis (1925 – January 7, 1988) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Occidental College from 1945 to 1956, compiling a record of 52–39–4. Dennis also coached basketball, baseball, tennis, swimming, and water polo at Occidental and was the school's athletic director until 1970. Dennis attended Los Angeles High School in Los Angeles, where he won honors playing football, basketball, and baseball. He then move on to Occidental, where he played football as an end and baseball as a first baseman, winning all-Southern California Conference honors in both sports before graduating in 1933. Dennis joined the coaching staff at his alma mater in the fall of 1934 as assistant football coach under Bill Anderson. The following year he coach the freshman football, basketball, and baseball teams. Head coaching record Football References External links Occidental Hall of Fame profile 1925 births 1988 deaths American football ends Baseball first basemen Occidental Tigers athletic directors Occidental Tigers baseball players Occidental Tigers football coaches Occidental Tigers football players College men's water polo coaches in the United States Occidental Tigers men's basketball coaches College swimming coaches in the United States College tennis coaches in the United States Sportspeople from Los Angeles Coaches of American football from California Players of American football from Los Angeles Baseball players from Los Angeles Baseball coaches from California Basketball coaches from California Los Angeles High School alumni Sports coaches from Los Angeles