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The head football coach at his alma mater for the past six years, Dennis Czech was a standout football and baseball star in the early 80’s after coming to Macalester from nearby Cretin High School.
Dennis played a big role in turning the fortunes of the football program around under Coach Tom Hosier and is ranked as Macalester’s No. 2 all-time career rushing leader with 2,394 yards. A four-year lettermen and team captain as a senior, Dennis ran for 989 yards as a junior – the second highest single-season figure ever posted by a Scot. He was named NAIA player of the week after a 260-yard, four-touchdown performance against Bethel. The team MVP in 1981, Dennis was selected as Mac’s offensive player of the game 10 times out of 35 games played in.
Dennis was a two-time baseball captain with a career batting average of .342. He was twice named All-MIAC in baseball and received conference recognition three of his four years in football.
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