Dennis Winston

American football player and coach (born 1955)

American football player

Dirt Winston

No. 53, 56, 55

Position:

Linebacker

Personal information

Born:

(1955-10-25) October 25, 1955 (age 68)
Forest City, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Weight:

228 lb (103 kg)

Career information

College:

Arkansas (1973–1976)

NFL draft:

1977 / Round: 5 / Pick: 132

Career history

As a player:

As a coach:

Career highlights and awards

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at PFR

Dennis "Dirt" Winston (born October 25, 1955) is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New Orleans Saints. He played college football at the University of Arkansas. He substituted for the injured Jack Ham in Super Bowl XIV as the starting left outside linebacker. On October 17, 2013, Winston was named interim head coach for the Grambling State Tigers football team.^[1]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Grambling State Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2013)
2013	Grambling State	1–4^{[n 1]}	1–4^{[n 1]}	5th (West)^{[n 1]}
Grambling State:		1–4	1–4
Total:		1–4

^ ^a ^b ^c Doug Williams began the 2013 season as Grambling State's head coach, but was fired after two games. George Ragsdale was appointed interim head coach and helmed the team for four games before he was relieved of his duties and replaced by Winston. Grambling State finished the season with an overall record of 1–11 and a mark of 1–8 in conference play, placing fifth in the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)

^ "Dennis Winston named interim coach". ESPN.com. ESPN.com news services. October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
^ "Pages 39-54 (PDF)" (PDF). University of Toledo Athletics. Retrieved 2024-06-03.

Grambling State Tigers head football coaches

# denotes interim head coach

v t e Pittsburgh Steelers 1977 NFL draft selections
Robin Cole Sidney Thornton Tom Beasley Jim Smith Ted Petersen Laverne Smith Dan Audick Cliff Stoudt Steve Courson Dennis Winston Paul Harris Randy Frisch Phil August Roosevelt Kelly Alvin Cowans Dave LaCrosse Lou West Jimmy Stephens

v t e Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XIII champions
5 Craig Colquitt 10 Roy Gerela 12 Terry Bradshaw (MVP) 15 Mike Kruczek 18 Cliff Stoudt 20 Rocky Bleier 21 Tony Dungy 23 Mike Wagner 24 J. T. Thomas 25 Ray Oldham 29 Ron Johnson 30 Larry Anderson 31 Donnie Shell 32 Franco Harris 35 Jack Deloplaine 38 Sidney Thornton 39 Rick Moser 40 Randy Reutershan 47 Mel Blount 51 Loren Toews 52 Mike Webster 53 Dennis Winston 55 Jon Kolb 56 Robin Cole 57 Sam Davis 58 Jack Lambert 59 Jack Ham 62 Willie Fry 64 Steve Furness 65 Tom Beasley 66 Ted Petersen 67 Gary Dunn 68 L. C. Greenwood 69 Fred Anderson 72 Gerry Mullins 74 Ray Pinney 75 Joe Greene 76 John Banaszak 77 Steve Courson 78 Dwight White 79 Larry Brown 82 John Stallworth 83 Theo Bell 84 Randy Grossman 86 Jim Smith 87 Jim Mandich 88 Lynn Swann 89 Bennie Cunningham
Head coach: Chuck Noll
Coaches: Rollie Dotsch Dick Hoak Tom Moore George Perles Louis Riecke Paul Uram Dick Walker Woody Widenhofer

v t e Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XIV champions
5 Craig Colquitt 9 Matt Bahr 12 Terry Bradshaw (MVP) 15 Mike Kruczek 20 Rocky Bleier 23 Mike Wagner 24 J. T. Thomas 27 Greg Hawthorne 29 Ron Johnson 30 Larry Anderson 31 Donnie Shell 32 Franco Harris 33 Anthony Anderson 35 Jack Deloplaine 38 Sidney Thornton 39 Rick Moser 45 Russell Davis 47 Mel Blount 49 Dwayne Woodruff 50 Tom Graves 51 Loren Toews 52 Mike Webster 53 Dennis Winston 54 Zack Valentine 55 Jon Kolb 56 Robin Cole 57 Sam Davis 58 Jack Lambert 59 Jack Ham 62 Willie Fry 63 Thom Dornbrook 64 Steve Furness 65 Tom Beasley 66 Ted Petersen 67 Gary Dunn 68 L. C. Greenwood 72 Gerry Mullins 75 Joe Greene 76 John Banaszak 77 Steve Courson 78 Dwight White 79 Larry Brown 82 John Stallworth 83 Theo Bell 84 Randy Grossman 85 Calvin Sweeney 86 Jim Smith 88 Lynn Swann 89 Bennie Cunningham
Head coach: Chuck Noll
Coaches: Rollie Dotsch Dick Hoak Tom Moore George Perles Louis Riecke Paul Uram Dick Walker Woody Widenhofer

v t e Edmonton Eskimos 93rd Grey Cup champions
3 Robert LeBlanc 8 Dahrran Diedrick 9 Michael Jenkins 10 Malcolm Frank 11 Sean Fleming 12 Jason Maas 13 Steven Marsh 14 Tony Tompkins 15 Ricky Ray 16 Jason Johnson 18 William Loftus 19 Mike Maurer 22 Mike Bradley 23 Shannon Garrett 24 Ron McClendon 26 Donny Brady 27 Singor Mobley 28 Keyuo Craver 29 Gerald Dixon 30 Mathieu Bertrand 31 Kelly Wiltshire 32 Troy Davis 33 Davis Sanchez 34 Tim Fleiszer 40 Marcus Winn 43 Roger Reinson 45 Quincy Stewart 50 Rhett McLane 52 Taylor Inglis 53 Joe Montford 55 Glen Young 56 Patrick Kabongo 60 Chris Morris 61 Glenn Carson 62 Bruce Beaton 63 Joe McGrath 65 Kevin Lefsrud 66 Sandy Annunziata 67 Dan Comiskey 68 Mark Shantz 76 Randy Spencer 77 A. J. Gass 80 Brock Ralph 81 Ed Hervey 82 Kwame Cavil 83 Jason Tucker 84 Devin Lewis 85 Trevor Gaylor 87 Derrell Mitchell 88 Andrew Nowacki 89 Deitan Dubuc 90 Antico Dalton 92 Jabari Issa 93 Steve Charbonneau 95 Charles Alston 96 Cedric Scott 97 Rashad Jeanty Head coach: Danny Maciocia Assistant coaches: Rick Campbell Malvin Hunter Danny Kepley Ron Lancaster Bill MacDermott Dan McKinnon Dennis Winston General Manager: Paul Jones President/CEO: Hugh Campbell Chairman: R. J. MacLean

Edmonton Eskimos 93rd Grey Cup champions