Warren B. Woodson
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Warren Brooks Woodson (February 24, 1903 – February 22, 1998) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Arkansas State Teachers College, now the University of Central Arkansas, (1935–1940), Hardin–Simmons University (1941–1951), the University of Arizona (1952–1956), New Mexico State University (1958–1967), and Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas (1972–1973), compiling a career college football record of 203–94–14 in 31 seasons. He was also the head basketball coach at Arkansas State Teachers from 1935 to 1941 and at Hardin–Simmons in 1945–46, tallying a career college basketball mark of 116–50. Woodson won an additional 52 football games at junior college level and 18 high school football games. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989.
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1903-02-24)February 24, 1903 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
Died | February 22, 1998(1998-02-22) (aged 94) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1927–1934 | Texarkana JC |
1935–1940 | Arkansas State Teachers |
1941–1951 | Hardin–Simmons |
1952–1956 | Arizona |
1958–1967 | New Mexico A&M / State |
1972–1973 | Trinity (TX) |
Basketball | |
1935–1941 | Arkansas State Teachers |
1945–1946 | Hardin–Simmons |
Baseball | |
1936 | Arkansas State Teachers |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1941–1952 | Hardin–Simmons |
1958–1967 | New Mexico A&M / State |
1968–1973 | Trinity (TX) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 203–94–14 (college football) 116–50 (college basketball) |
Bowls | 6–1–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 4 AIC (1936–1938, 1940) 3 Border (1942, 1946, 1960) | |
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1989 (profile) | |