Willard Witte | |
Birth Date: | 3 April 1906 |
Birth Place: | Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
Death Place: | Fremont, Nebraska, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1927–1929 |
Player Team2: | Nebraska |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1927–1930 |
Player Team4: | Nebraska |
Player Positions: | Halfback, quarterback (football) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1933–1938 |
Coach Team2: | Wyoming |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1930–1939 |
Coach Team4: | Wyoming |
Admin Years1: | 1933–1939 |
Admin Team1: | Wyoming |
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.[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.