WC Lynx Football | Dick Kennedy

Head Coaches

DICK KENNEDY
2002-03

The late Dick Kennedy, a Webster City native, best epitomizes what being a Lynx is all about. His father played football for Webster City from 1947-49 and Dick followed in his footsteps as he starred for Webster City from 1971-73. A 1978 graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, Dick returned to his alma mater in the fall of ’78 when he began teaching at Webster City Junior high in the Science Department.

A long-time assistant football coach who earned Class 3A “Assistant Coach of the Year” honors in 1996, Kennedy took over the football program in 2002 after the untimely departure of Kurt Luhring. In his initial season the Lynx went 1-8 but the following year, one in which he shared head coaching duties with Jim Duncan, Dick led Webster City to a 5-4 campaign—only the second time since 1996 the Lynx finished with a wining record. Unfortunately, Dick was also diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2003 and resigned after the season to focus on his health.

Kennedy also served as Webster City’s head wrestling coach from 1989-2006 and earned numerous honors in that capacity such as the Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association Class 3A “Coach of the Year” award in 1991 and 2004. Under his direction, the Lynx won two Class 3A district titles and four sectional crowns while leading 50 of his pupils to the state tournament, 22 of which earned state medals including state champions Erik Stroner (1991) and Jamie Taxted (1996 & 1997). As well, Dick’s 1991 team was the 3A state dual runner-up while the 1996 squad took 3rd in 2A at the traditional state tournament. Kennedy, who passed away in July of 2006 after a valiant three-year battle with cancer, was posthumously inducted into the Iowa High School Wrestling Association Hall of Fame in February of 2008.

DICK KENNEDY 2002-03 The late Dick Kennedy, a Webster City native, best epitomizes what being a Lynx is all about. His father played football for Webster City from 1947-49 and Dick followed in his footsteps as he starred for Webster City from 1971-73. A 1978 graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, Dick returned to his alma mater in the fall of ’78 when he began teaching at Webster City Junior high in the Science Department. A long-time assistant football coach who earned Class 3A “Assistant Coach of the Year” honors in 1996, Kennedy took over the football program in 2002 after the untimely departure of Kurt Luhring. In his initial season the Lynx went 1-8 but the following year, one in which he shared head coaching duties with Jim Duncan, Dick led Webster City to a 5-4 campaign—only the second time since 1996 the Lynx finished with a wining record. Unfortunately, Dick was also diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2003 and resigned after the season to focus on his health. Kennedy also served as Webster City’s head wrestling coach from 1989-2006 and earned numerous honors in that capacity such as the Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association Class 3A “Coach of the Year” award in 1991 and 2004. Under his direction, the Lynx won two Class 3A district titles and four sectional crowns while leading 50 of his pupils to the state tournament, 22 of which earned state medals including state champions Erik Stroner (1991) and Jamie Taxted (1996 & 1997). As well, Dick’s 1991 team was the 3A state dual runner-up while the 1996 squad took 3rd in 2A at the traditional state tournament. Kennedy, who passed away in July of 2006 after a valiant three-year battle with cancer, was posthumously inducted into the Iowa High School Wrestling Association Hall of Fame in February of 2008.