Dwight Vincent "Dike" Beede (January 23, 1903 – December 10, 1972) was an American football player and coach. He served as the first head football coach at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 1926, Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania from 1934 to 1936, and Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio from 1938 to 1972, compiling a career college football coaching record of 175–149–20. In 1941, he invented and introduced the penalty flag, now a common fixture of American football. Some sources spell his name "Dyke" Beede. Early life and playing career Beede was born in Youngstown, Ohio, a steel-manufacturing center located near the Pennsylvania border. He attended the city's South High School, where he was class president and played football. In his senior year, Beede received a football scholarship to Newberry College, in South Carolina. He later transferred to Pittsburgh's Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—where he studied structural engineering and played football. While in college, Beede joined the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. As a standout player with Walter Steffen's Carnegie squad in the 1920s, Beede made football history when he introduced the famous "spinner play." He served as captain of the 1925 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team and also played basketball. Coaching career Upon graduation, Beede turned down an offer to teach mathematics Carnegie Tech and, in 1926 accepted the position of head football coach at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He held this position for five years, coaching an outstanding team that tied Duquesne University for the tri-state championship. Beede was the 17th head football coach at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, serving for three seasons, from 1934 to 1936, and compiling a record of 14–10–3. After completing his seasons at Geneva, he went to Youngstown College, where he enjoyed several successful decades as football coach. In 1957, Beede was honored as Coach of the Year by the Football Writers Association of American Small Colleges. In 1966, Beede was named to the Helms Football Foundation Hall of Fame. Beede was an avid tree farmer and served on Ohio's Forestry Advisory Council. In addition to his coaching duties, Beede was an associate professor of biology at Youngstown State University. Beede retired from Youngstown State University on November 18, 1972. Father of penalty flag See 1941 Oklahoma City vs. Youngstown football game Beede was an important influence on football not only regionally, but nationally.