Dal Shealy

Dal Shealy (born August 1, 1938) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Mars Hill College—now known as Mars Hill University—in 1969, Carson–Newman College—now known as Carson–Newman University—from 1970 to 1973, and at the University of Richmond from 1980 to 1988, compiling a career college football record of 79–74. Shealy also served as an assistant coach at Baylor University, the University of Tennessee, Auburn University, and Iowa State University. He grew up in Batesburg, South Carolina, now Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina and attended Batesburg-Leesville High School and Carson–Newman College—now known as Carson–Newman University. Shealy's son, Vic Shealy, is currently the head football coach at Houston Baptist University.

Dal Shealy

Biographical details
Born	(1938-08-01) August 1, 1938
Playing career
Football
c. 1957	Carson–Newman
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1962–1964	Laurens HS (SC)
1965	Mars Hill (ends)
1969	Mars Hill
1970–1973	Carson–Newman
1974–1975	Baylor (AHC/backfield)
1976	Tennessee (backfield)
1977–1978	Auburn (assistant)
1979	Iowa State (OC)
1980–1988	Richmond
Track
1965–1966	Mars Hill
Head coaching record
Overall	79–74 (college football)
Bowls	1–0
Tournaments	0–1–1 (NAIA D-I playoffs) 1–2 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Yankee (1987)

Early life and military service

Shealy earned a total of 12 varsity letters in three sports (football, baseball and basketball) at Batesburg-Leesville High School in the 1950s. Shealy played on the line for the Panthers in football for coach Gus Allen along with catching for the baseball team. Shealy was a part of the inaugural class of the Batesburg-Leesville (SC) Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009.

Shealy entered the United States Marine Corps and played football with the Quantico Marines, which were National Service Champions. They played in the Leatherneck Bowl and the first Missile Bowl. At Quantico, played with King Dixon, former halfback at the University of South Carolina. Dixon later served as athletic director at South Carolina.

Coaching career

Shealy was the head football coach at Laurens High School in Laurens, South Carolina from 1962 to 1964. In May 1965, he was hired by Mars Hill College—now known as Mars Hill University—in Mars Hill, North Carolina as head track coach, ends coach for the football team, and director of the men's intramural athletics program.

Life after coaching

Shealy left coaching in 1989 to become executive vice president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He was named president in 1992. He retired from the presidency in 2005. Shealy has also written several books including, "One Way To Play: Drug-Free!" and "One Way To Play: A Game Plan for Coaches."

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Mars Hill Lions (NAIA independent) (1969)
1969	Mars Hill	6–4
Mars Hill:		6–4
Carson–Newman Eagles (NAIA Division I independent) (1970–1973)
1970	Carson–Newman	4–6
1971	Carson–Newman	10–2			W Share Bowl
1972	Carson–Newman	10–2			L NAIA Division I Championship
1973	Carson–Newman	6–3
Carson–Newman:		30–13
Richmond Spiders (NCAA Division I-A independent) (1980–1981)
1980	Richmond	5–6
1981	Richmond	4–7
Richmond Spiders (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (1982–1985)
1982	Richmond	0–10
1983	Richmond	3–8
1984	Richmond	8–4			L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal
1985	Richmond	8–3
Richmond Spiders (Yankee Conference) (1986–1988)
1986	Richmond	4–7	3–4	T–5th
1987	Richmond	7–5	6–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division I-AA First Round
1988	Richmond	4–7	2–6	9th
Richmond:		43–57	11–11
Total:		79–74
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

External links

• American Football Coaches Foundation profile
• South Carolina Football Hall of Fame profile