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American coach (1906–1966)

Willard Witte
Biographical details
Witte from the 1934 Wyo
Born	(1906-04-03)April 3, 1906 Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	February 13, 1966(1966-02-13) (aged 59) Fremont, Nebraska, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1927–1929	Nebraska
Basketball
1927–1930	Nebraska

Position(s)	Halfback, quarterback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1933–1938	Wyoming
Basketball
1930–1939	Wyoming

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1933–1939	Wyoming

Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball Helms national (1934) 2 RMC (1932, 1934) 3 RMC East Division (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. 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

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Wyoming Cowboys (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1933–1937)
1933	Wyoming	2–6–1	1–6–1	11th
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

Basketball

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wyoming Cowboys (Rocky Mountain 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	92–26
Total:		134–51
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

References

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

External links

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

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