Will Lotter Explained

Will Lotter
Birth Date:28 December 1924
Birth Place:Alameda, California, U.S.
Death Place:Davis, California, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1948
Player Team2:California
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1949–1951
Coach Team2:San Ramon Valley HS (CA)
Coach Years3:1952–1953
Coach Team3:Cal Aggies (assistant)
Coach Years4:1954
Coach Team4:Cal Aggies
Coach Years5:1956–1957
Coach Team5:Cal Aggies
Coach Years6:1959–1963
Coach Team6:UC Davis
Coach Sport7:Baseball
Coach Years8:1950–1952
Coach Team8:San Ramon Valley HS (CA)
Coach Years9:1953–1958
Coach Team9:Cal Aggies
Coach Sport10:Men's soccer
Coach Years11:1972–1987
Coach Team11:UC Davis
Overall Record:26–42–3 (college football)
45–98 (college baseball)
Championships:Football
2 Far Western (1956, 1963)

Williard Stanley Lotter (December 28, 1925 – May 20, 2019)[1] was an American football, baseball, and soccer coach, and a university faculty member and administrator. He served as the head football coach for three stints at University of California, Davis (UC Davis)—known as the Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture before 1959—in 1954, from 1956 to 1957, and from 1959 to 1963, compiling a record of 26–42–3. Lotter was the head baseball coach at the school, serving from 1953 to 1958 and tallying a mark of 45–98. He also head coach of the men's soccer team as UC Davis from 1972 to 1987. Lotter played college football at the University of California, Berkeley.[2] He graduated from Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1949, earned a Master of Education from California State University, Sacramento in 1955, and received a Doctor of Education from Berkeley in 1960. Lotter served as a faculty member of the Physical Education Department at UC Davis from 1952 to 1993. He was also the acting dean of students at UC Davis from 1969 to 1970.[3]

Lotter grew up in Alameda, California. He died on May 20, 2019, at the age of 94, at his home in Davis, California.[4]

Head coaching record

College football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Willard Stanley Lotter. Enterprise. April 3, 2020.
  2. News: . Davis Gets Big Name Coach—Schmalenberger . . . . December 28, 1963 . 9 . March 11, 2017 . .
  3. Web site: Will Lotter: Resume . . Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas . March 11, 2017 .
  4. News: . Will Lotter Obituary . . . June 23, 2019 . September 16, 2019 . .