Dick Bestwick

Dick Bestwick (August 18, 1930 – January 4, 2018) was an American football coach, scout, and college athletics administrator.

He served as the head football coach of the University of Virginia from 1976 to 1981, compiling a record of 16–49–1.

[1] A native of Grove City, Pennsylvania, he played college football at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating from the school in 1952.

[5] The Dick Bestwick Award for the male athlete graduating with the highest GPA at the University of Georgia was named in his honor.

[6] Bestwick died on January 4, 2018, in Athens, Georgia after suffering from transverse myelitis.