| Fenwick Watkins | |
| Birth Date: | 27 December 1887 |
| Birth Place: | Burlington, Vermont, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Fargo, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Team2: | Vermont |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1905–1908 |
| Player Team4: | Vermont |
| Player Sport5: | Baseball |
| Player Team6: | Vermont |
| Player Positions: | Forward, guard (basketball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1909–1914 |
| Coach Team2: | Fargo |
| Coach Years3: | 1916 |
| Coach Team3: | Fargo |
| Coach Years4: | 1919–1920 |
| Coach Team4: | Fargo |
| Coach Years5: | 1922–1925 |
| Coach Team5: | Concordia (MN) |
| Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
| Coach Team7: | Fargo |
| Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
| Coach Team9: | Fargo |
| Coach Years10: | 1922 |
| Coach Team10: | North Dakota Agricultural |
Fenwick Henri Watkins (December 27, 1887 – August 8, 1943) was an American athlete and coach. He attended the University of Vermont, where he starred in football, basketball, and baseball. He was a teammate on the baseball team of two future Major League Baseball players, Larry Gardner and Ray Collins. This trio and the rest of the 1908 Vermont team was one of the most talented in school history, winning a New England championship with a record of 15–9.
After graduating from Vermont, Watkins coached football, basketball, and baseball at Fargo College in Fargo, North Dakota, where he also led the athletic program.[1]
Watkins was born on December 27, 1887, in Burlington, Vermont. He died on August 8, 1943, in Fargo.[2]
In 1906, a local newspaper reported that he was the first black sports captain at the University of Vermont, a role he assumed in 1907 on the school's football team.[3] However, after he moved to North Dakota, contemporaneous newspaper reports never mentioned his race as he appeared to be "passing as white".[3] He was also listed as white on censuses while living in North Dakota.[3] Nonetheless, he was the first black head coach in North Dakota.[4]