Frank Potts (coach)

Frank Potts
Biographical details
Born	January 15, 1903; Sulphur, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	May 26, 1990 (aged 87); Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1925–1926	Oklahoma
Track and field
1925–1927	Oklahoma
Basketball
1924–1927	Oklahoma
Position(s)	Halfback (football); Pole vault (track)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1927–?	Colorado (assistant)
1940	Colorado
1944–1945	Colorado
Cross country / track and field
1927–1968	Colorado
Head coaching record
Overall	16–8–1 (football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 1 Mountain States (1944)
Awards
	First-team All-MVC (1926); Second-team All-MVC (1925);

Frank Calhoun Potts (January 15, 1903 – May 26, 1990) was an American college football player, track and field athlete, and coach of American football, cross country, and track. He served as the head cross country and track coach of the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1927 to 1968. Potts also coached the Colorado Buffaloes football team in 1940, 1944, and 1945, compiling a record of 16–8–1.

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A native of Ada, Oklahoma, Potts attended the University of Oklahoma, where he played college football as a halfback, on the basketball team, and competed in track as a pole vaulter. He was captain of the track team in 1927. After graduating from Oklahoma in 1927, Potts went to Colorado as head track coach and assistant football coach.^[1]

Potts died on May 26, 1990, at Boulder Manor Heather Care Center in Boulder, Colorado.^[2]

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Colorado Buffaloes (Mountain States Conference) (1940)
1940	Colorado	5–3–1	4–1–1	T–2nd
Colorado Buffaloes (Mountain States Conference) (1944–1945)
1944	Colorado	6–2	2–0	1st
1945	Colorado	5–3	3–1	2nd
Colorado:		16–8–1	9–2–1
Total:		16–8–1
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

Head coaching record