Paul Roach
Paul Roach graduated Black Hills State in 1952 and went on to coaching football in the collegiate and professional levels. He coached at the University of Wyoming and Wisconsin. Roach coached in the NFL from 1972-1980 with the Raiders, Packers and Broncos. He then returned to college football and went on be the only man to not only the head coach at Wyoming, but the athletic director in the school’s history. At Wyoming he led them to back to back Western Athletic Conference champions in 1987 and 1988. Those same years he won the WAC Coach of the year with a two year 21-5 record. In his four years at Wyoming they made three bowl game appearances at the Holiday Bowl twice and the Copper Bowl.
