| Windy Nicklaus | |
| Birth Date: | 6 January 1904 |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1924 |
| Player Team2: | Bucknell |
| Player Years3: | 1925–1927 |
| Player Team3: | Texas Tech |
| Player Sport4: | Baseball |
| Player Years5: | 1926–1928 |
| Player Team5: | Texas Tech |
| Player Positions: | Halfback (football) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1935 |
| Coach Team2: | Amarillo JC |
| Coach Years3: | 1936–1938 |
| Coach Team3: | Altus JC |
| Coach Years4: | 1939–1940 |
| Coach Team4: | Oklahoma Baptist |
| Coach Years5: | 1946 |
| Coach Team5: | West Texas A&M |
| Overall Record: | 18–5–1 (college) 34–5 (junior college) |
| Championships: | 1 OCC (1940) |
William Winfield "Windy" Nicklaus (January 6, 1904 – January 8, 1991) was an American football player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Oklahoma Baptist University from 1939 to 1940 and at West Texas A&M University in 1946.[2]
Nickaus attended Amarillo High School in Amarillo, Texas, where he was captain of the football team in 1922.Nicklaus began his college football career at Bucknell University in 1924, playing for head coach Charley Moran, and transferred to Texas Tech University, where he was captain of the 1925 Texas Tech Matadors, the school's first football team.Nickaus graduated from Texas Tech in 1928 and later coached football at Amarillo Junior High School. In 1935, he was appointed head football coach at Amarillo Junior College—now known as Amarillo College—succeeding Frank Kimbrough.[3] A year later, Nickaus moved on to Altus Junior College—now known as Western Oklahoma State College—in Altus, Oklahoma, serving as head football coach there for three seasons. He led his junior college football teams at the two schools to a record of 34–5 in four seasons.[4]
Nicklaus was later an educator and civic leader in Amarillo. He died on January 8, 1991.[5]