R. N. Watts Explained

R. N. Watts
Birth Date:3 February 1873
Birth Place:Bowling Green, Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:Fort Hood, Texas, U.S.
Alma Mater:VAMC (1898)
Player Years1:1894–1895
Player Team1:VAMC
Player Positions:Tackle, end
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1901
Coach Team2:Austin
Coach Years3:1903
Coach Team3:Baylor
Coach Sport4:Baseball
Coach Years5:1903–1904
Coach Team5:Baylor
Overall Record:4–3–1 (football)
13–18 (baseball)

Richard Nottingham Watts (February 3, 1873 – December 3, 1945) was an American football and baseball coach.[1] [2] He served as the fourth head football coach at Baylor University, coaching in 1903 and compiling a record of 4–3–1. Ewing was also the second head baseball coach at Baylor, coaching from 1903 to 1904 and tallying a mark of 13–18. He was an alumnus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, where he had played football previously.[3] He later worked for the United States Geological Survey.

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Richard Nottingham Watts: Texas Deaths . FamilySearch . . 5 December 2014.
  2. Web site: Richard Nottingham Watts: United States World War I Draft Registration Cards . FamilySearch . . December 12, 2014.
  3. News: Physical Director Secured: R. N. Watts, of V.P.I., Takes Charge of the Work——Has Had Both College and Y. M. C. A. Experience. . The Lariat . Baylor University . Waco, Texas . IV . 1 . September 8, 1903.