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American football player and coach (1932–2015)

Richard Riendeau
Biographical details
Born	(1932-09-22)September 22, 1932 Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	September 20, 2015(2015-09-20) (aged 82) East Greenbush, New York, U.S.
Playing career
1950–1953	Springfield

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1958–1962	St Lawrence (freshmen)
1963–1972	RPI
1973	Albany Metro Mallers
1976–1977	Oberlin

Head coaching record
Overall	24–73–2 (college)

Richard P. Riendeau (September 22, 1932 – September 20, 2015) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York from 1963 to 1972. After serving as the coach of the semi-professional Albany Metro Mallers of the Seaboard Football League, he returned to the college ranks as the head football coach at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio from 1975 to 1978.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
RPI Engineers (NCAA College Division independent) (1963–1964)
1963	RPI	0–6
1964	RPI	0–6–1
RPI Engineers (Independent College Athletic Conference) (1965–1972)
1965	RPI	1–6	0–2	5th
1966	RPI	5–4	1–1	3rd
1967	RPI	4–4	1–1	3rd
1968	RPI	2–7	1–1	T–2nd
1969	RPI	1–7–1	0–3	4th
1970	RPI	2–7	1–2	3rd
1970	RPI	4–5	1–2	T–2nd
1970	RPI	1–8	0–3	6th
RPI:		20–60–2	5–15
Oberlin Yeomen (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1976–1977)
1976	Oberlin	2–6	0–0	NA
1977	Oberlin	2–7	0–0	NA
Oberlin:		4–13	0–0
Total:		24–73–2

v t e RPI Engineers head football coaches
No coach (1886) No team (1887–1888) No coach (1889) No team (1890–1891) No coach (1892–1906) William Wiles Elder (1907) William Geiger (1908–1909) H. R. Bankart (1910) John Inglis (1911–1913) Frank Gargan (1914) A. J. Sturzenegger (1915) John M. Reed (1916–1919) Paul Graham (1920–1926) Glenn Killinger (1927–1931) Henry W. Kumpf (1932–1938) Duke Nelson (1939–1941) Paul Graham (1942–1945) Edward A. Jontos (1946–1952) Nick Skorich (1953) John Coons (1954) Richard S. Lyon (1955–1957) Ed Hoffman (1958–1962) Richard Riendeau (1963–1972) Dave White (1973–1981) Bob Ducatte (1982–1983) Kevin Earl (1984–1988) Joe King (1989–2010) Tim Landis (2011) Bob Bodor (2012) Ralph Isernia (2013–2019) No team (2020) Ralph Isernia (2021– )

v t e Oberlin Yeomen head football coaches
Bert M. Hogen (1891) John Heisman (1892) Everett B. Camp (1893) John Heisman (1894) William M. Richards (1895) C. K. Fauver (1896) Samuel Huston Thompson (1897) Edwin Stearns (1898–1899) Edgar Fauver & Edward Fauver (1900–1902) Edward Fauver (1903–1904) Richard M. Jones (1905) Harvey Snyder (1906–1910) Glen Gray (1911–1912) T. Nelson Metcalf (1913) A. Judson Pyle (1914) Frank Cary (1915) Paul Des Jardien (1916) Jacob Speelman (1917–1918) T. Nelson Metcalf (1919–1921) Udell H. Stallings & Lawrence McPhee (1922–1923) William L. Hughes (1924) Paul N. MacEachron (1925–1929) Lysle K. Butler (1930–1957) J. William Grice (1958–1972) Cass Jackson (1973–1975) Richard Riendeau (1976–1977) Don Hunsinger (1978–1989) Larry Story (1990–1991) Tony Pierce (1992–1993) Pete Peterson (1994–1998) Jeff Ramsey (1999–2013) Jay Anderson (2014–2019) No team (2020) Steve Opgenorth (2019–2022) John Pont (2023– )

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