Gordon DeGraffenreid


Gordon Dean DeGraffenreid was an American athletics coach. He was the first head football coach at MidAmerica Nazarene College—now known as MidAmerica Nazarene University—from 1979 to 1990 and compiled an overall record of 41–53.
DeGraffenreid also coached football and track and field for Pacific High School and Richmond High School.
DeGraffenreid was born on June 21, 1943, in Lake Ozark, Missouri. He attended and played college football for Missouri Valley as a guard and linebacker. He died on August 8, 2020, in Olathe, Kansas.