| Eugene W. Nixon | |
| Birth Date: | 6 January 1885 |
| Birth Place: | Marissa, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Pomona, California, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | c. 1905–1906 |
| Player Team2: | Monmouth (IL) |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | c. 1905 |
| Player Team4: | Monmouth (IL) |
| Player Sport5: | Baseball |
| Player Years6: | c. 1905 |
| Player Team6: | Monmouth (IL) |
| Player Sport7: | Track |
| Player Years8: | c. 1905 |
| Player Team8: | Monmouth (IL) |
| Player Positions: | Center fielder (baseball) High jump (track) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1909–1915 |
| Coach Team2: | Davenport HS (IA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1916–1934 |
| Coach Team3: | Pomona |
| Coach Sport4: | Track |
| Coach Years5: | 1909–1916 |
| Coach Team5: | Davenport HS (IA) |
| Admin Years1: | 1924–1951 |
| Admin Team1: | Pomona |
| Overall Record: | 70–52–7 (college football) |
| Championships: | 8 SCC (1917, 1919–1920, 1922–1924, 1926–1927) |
Eugene White Nixon (January 6, 1885 – March 5, 1969) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Pomona College in Claremont, California from 1916 to 1934, compiling a record of 70–52–7.[1] Nixon was also the athletic director at Pomona from 1924 until his retirement in 1951.
A native of Sparta, Illinois, Nixon attended Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, where he starred in athletics. He played on Monmouth's football teams that won championships of three states in 1905 and 1906. He also lettered in basketball, played as a center fielder in baseball, and set a school record for the high jump in track. OUtside of sports, Nixon was the student body president at Monmouth and a fraternity leader.[2] Nixon coached football and track at Davenport High School in Davenport, Iowa from 1909 until resigning in 1916 to move to Pomona.[3]
In 1938, Nixon won the Republican Party nomination to represent California's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, but lost in the general election to incumbent Jerry Voorhis.[4] [5] Nixon died on March 5, 1969, at Pomona Valley Hospital in Pomona, California.[6]