Dick Colman | |
Birth Date: | 11 November 1914 |
Birth Place: | New York, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Middlebury, Vermont, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1935–1936 |
Player Team1: | Williams |
Coach Years1: | 1937–1944 |
Coach Team1: | Williams (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1945–1956 |
Coach Team2: | Princeton (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1957–1968 |
Coach Team3: | Princeton |
Admin Years1: | 1969–1977 |
Admin Team1: | Middlebury |
Overall Record: | 75–33 |
Championships: | 4 Ivy League (1957, 1963–1964, 1966) |
Cfbhof Year: | 1990 |
Cfbhof Id: | 1867 |
Richard Whiting Colman Jr. (November 11, 1914 – April 5, 1982) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Princeton University from 1957 to 1968, compiling a record of 75–33. Colman had been the assistant to Princeton's previous coach, Charlie Caldwell; like Caldwell, Colman was known for his successful reliance on the single-wing formation offense, and ultimately he became the last major college coach to use the single wing, which Princeton gave up only after Colman's departure in 1969.[1]
After retiring from coaching, Colman was the athletic director at Middlebury College from 1969 to 1977.[1] Colman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1990.