Frank Potts | |
Birth Date: | 15 January 1903 |
Birth Place: | Sulphur, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Death Place: | Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1925–1926 |
Player Team2: | Oklahoma |
Player Sport3: | Track and field |
Player Years4: | 1925–1927 |
Player Team4: | Oklahoma |
Player Sport5: | Basketball |
Player Years6: | 1924–1927 |
Player Team6: | Oklahoma |
Player Positions: | Halfback (football) Pole vault (track) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1927–? |
Coach Team2: | Colorado (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1940 |
Coach Team3: | Colorado |
Coach Years4: | 1944–1945 |
Coach Team4: | Colorado |
Coach Sport5: | Cross country / track and field |
Coach Years6: | 1927–1968 |
Coach Team6: | Colorado |
Overall Record: | 16–8–1 (football) |
Championships: | Football 1 Mountain States (1944) |
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Frank Calhoun Potts (January 15, 1903 – May 26, 1990) was an American college football player, track and field athlete, and coach of American football, cross country, and track. He served as the head cross country and track coach at of the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1927 to 1968. Potts also coached the Colorado Buffaloes football team in 1940, 1944, and 1945, compiling a record of 16–8–1.
A native of Ada, Oklahoma, Potts attended the University of Oklahoma, where he played college football as a halfback, on the basketball team, and competed in track as a pole vaulter. He was captain of the track team in 1927. After graduating from Oklahoma in 1927, Potts went to Colorado as head track coach and assistant football coach.[1]
Potts died on May 26, 1990, at Boulder Manor Heather Care Center in Boulder, Colorado.[2]