Willard Witte

Willard Witte
Biographical details
Witte pictured in The Cornhusker 1930, Nebraska yearbook
Sport(s)	Basketball, football
Born	(1906-04-03)April 3, 1906 Lincoln, Nebraska
Died	February 13, 1966(1966-02-13) (aged 59) Fremont, Nebraska
Playing career
Football
1927–1929	Nebraska
Basketball
1927–1930	Nebraska
Position(s)	Halfback, quarterback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1930–1939	Wyoming
Football
1933–1938	Wyoming
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1933–1939	Wyoming
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1933–34 Helms national champion 2× outright basketball conference champion (1932, 1934) 3× division basketball champion (1931, 1933, 1936)

Willard A. "Dutch" Witte (April 3, 1906 – February 13, 1966) was the head men's basketball and football coach of the University of Wyoming from 1930–31 through 1938–39 (basketball) and 1933 through 1938 (football). He led the Cowboys basketball team to an overall record of 134–51 in his tenure. His 1933–34 team, led by his younger brother and two-time consensus All-American Les Witte, finished 26–4 and were retroactively named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation. He died in 1966 at a hospital in Fremont, Nebraska.^[1] He also coached Wyoming to three division titles and two outright conference championships. He was inducted in the University of Wyoming Hall of Fame on September 12, 2003.

Head coaching record

Basketball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wyoming Cowboys (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1930–1938)
1930–31	Wyoming	19–4	11–1	1st (East)
1931–32	Wyoming	18–2	12–0	1st
1932–33	Wyoming	18–5	12–2	1st (East)
1933–34	Wyoming	26–4	14–0	1st	Helms National Champions
1934–35	Wyoming	11–5	10–4	2nd
1935–36	Wyoming	12–7	11–3	1st (East)
1936–37	Wyoming	8–9	7–7	6th
1937–38	Wyoming	12–5	8–4	3rd
Wyoming Cowboys (Mountain States Conference) (1938–1939)
1938–39	Wyoming	10–11	7–5	3rd
Wyoming:		134–51
Total:
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Wyoming Cowboys (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1933–1937)
1933	Wyoming	2–6–1	1–6–1	10th
1934	Wyoming	3–5	2–4	8th
1935	Wyoming	4–4	3–4	T–7th
1936	Wyoming	2–5–1	2–4–1	9th
1937	Wyoming	3–5	2–4	T–8th
Wyoming Cowboys (Mountain States Conference) (1938)
1938	Wyoming	2–5–1	1–4–1	6th
Wyoming:		16–30–3	11–26–3
Total:		16–30–3

References

↑ "Death Claims Former Coach for Cowboys", United Press International, February 15, 1966

External links

University of Wyoming Hall of Fame entry
Willard Witte at the College Football Data Warehouse
Willard Witte basketball coaching statistics @ sports-reference.com
Willard Witte at Find a Grave

Wyoming Cowboys basketball head coaches

W. Yates (1904–1906)
Lt. Coburn (1906–1908)
Elmer Hoefer (1908–1909)
Harold I. Dean (1909–1912)
Leon Exelby (1912–1913)
Ralph Thacker (1913–1915)
John Corbett (1915–1924)
Stewart Clark (1924–1928)
George McLaren (1928–1930)
Willard Witte (1930–1939)
Everett Shelton (1939–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Everett Shelton (1944–1959)
Bill Strannigan (1959–1973)
Moe Radovich (1973–1976)
Don DeVoe (1976–1978)
Jim Brandenburg (1978–1987)
Benny Dees (1987–1993)
Joby Wright (1993–1997)
Larry Shyatt (1997–1998)
Steve McClain (1998–2007)
Heath Schroyer (2007–2011)
Fred Langley # (2011)
Larry Shyatt (2011–2016)
Allen Edwards (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Wyoming Cowboys and Cowgirls athletic directors

[[[John Corbett (coach)|John Corbett]] (1915–?)
John Rhodes (1930–1933)
Willard Witte (1933–1939)
Okie Blanchard (1940–1941)
Everett Shelton (1944–?)
Bunny Oakes # (1945–1946)
Glenn Jacoby (1946–1973)
George McCarty (1973–1980)
Bob Hitch (1980–1981)
Gary Cunningham (1981–1986)
Paul Roach (1986–1996)
Lee Moon (1996–2003)
Gary Barta (2003–2006)
Tom Burman (2006– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.

Wyoming Cowboys head football coaches

Fred Hess (1892)
No team (1893)
Fred Hess & J. F. Soule (1894)
J. F. Soule (1895–1897)
Fred Hess (1898)
J. F. Soule (1899)
William McMurray (1900–1906)
Robert Ehlman (1907–1908)
Harold I. Dean (1909–1911)
Leon Exelby (1912)
Ralph Thacker (1913–1914)
John Corbett (1915–1917)
No team (1918)
John Corbett (1919–1923)
William Henry Dietz (1924–1926)
George McLaren (1927–1929)
John Rhodes (1930–1932)
Willard Witte (1933–1938)
Joel Hunt (1939)
Okie Blanchard (1940)
Bunny Oakes (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Bunny Oakes (1946)
Bowden Wyatt (1947–1952)
Phil Dickens (1953–1956)
Bob Devaney (1957–1961)
Lloyd Eaton (1962–1970)
Fritz Shurmur (1971–1974)
Fred Akers (1975–1976)
Bill Lewis (1977–1979)
Pat Dye (1980)
Al Kincaid (1981–1985)
Dennis Erickson (1986)
Paul Roach (1987–1990)
Joe Tiller (1991–1996)
Dana Dimel (1997–1999)
Vic Koenning (2000–2002)
Joe Glenn (2003–2008)
Dave Christensen (2009–2013)
Pete Kaligis # (2012)
Craig Bohl (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

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