- Nelson Nitchman
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Nelson Nitchman Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born December 21, 1908 Died March 4, 1991 (aged 82) Place of death Waterford, Connecticut Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1936–1940
1946–1958
Basketball
1933–1941
1942–1954
Union (NY)
Coast Guard
Union (NY)
Coast GuardHead coaching record Overall 66–58–8 (football)
130–146 (basketball)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Nelson W. "Nels" Nitchman (December 21, 1908 – March 4, 1991) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach in the United States. He served as the head football coach at Union College in Schenectady, New York from 1936 to 1940 and at the United States Coast Guard Academy from 1946 to 1958, compiling a career college football record of 66–58–8. Nitchman was also the head basketball coach at Union from 1933 to 1941 and at the Coast Guard Academy from 1942 to 1954, tallying a career college basketball mark of 130–146.
Coaching career
Nitchman was the head football coach for the Coast Guard Bears located in New London, Connecticut. He held that position for 13 seasons, from 1946 until 1958.[1] His coaching record at Coast Guard was 45 wins, 43 losses and 5 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2010 season, this ranks him #2 at Coast Guard in total wins and #5 at the school in winning percentage (.511).[2]
Death
Nitchman died on March 4, 1991 in Waterford, Connecticut.[3]
References
- ^ Shafer, Ian. "U.S. Coast Guard Academy (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?m=viewAllSeasons&id=1041. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "United States Coast Guard Academy Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/nefc/coast_guard/coaching_records.php. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
- ^ "'Nels' Nitchman dies". The Hour. March 6, 1991. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lAYhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gHYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2670,829276. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
Union Dutchmen head football coaches No coach (1886–1887) • C. W. Culver (1888) • No coach (1889) • William Hyland (1890) • L. Van Valkenburg (1891) • F. W. Allen (1892–1893) • T. McN. Thompson (1894) • E. M. Church (1895) • "Father" Brown (1896) • Professor Pollard (1897–1899) • W. Smith (1900–1901) • George S. Whitney (1902) • W. Smith (1903–1904) • W. Cronkite (1905) • No team (1906) • Harold Tenney (1907) • W. Murray (1908–1909) • H. E. Regnier (1910) • O. Kuolt (1911) • F. T. Dawson (1912–1916) • P. E. Murray (1917) • Shanklin (1918) • Sol Metzger (1919) • P. E. Leary (1920–1930) • G. Elliott Hartfield (1931–1935) • Nelson Nitchman (1936–1940) • Arthur C. Lawrence (1941–1942) • No team (1943) • Mel Hein (1944) • No team (1945) • Mel Hein (1946) • John McLaughry (1947–1949) • Sammuel C. Hammerstrom (1950–1957) • Keith Doyle (1958–1959) • Joseph T. Maras (1960–1963) • George Flood (1964–1970) • Gerald Everling (1971–1974) • Earl Rogers (1975) • Tom Cahill (1976–1979) • Joe Wirth (1980–1981) • Al Bagnoli (1982–1991) • John Audino (1992– )
Coast Guard Bears head football coaches R. V. Marron (1922–1923) • No team (1924–1925) • W. R. Richards (1926–1929) • Johnny Merriman (1930–1945) • Nelson Nitchman (1946–1958) • Otto Graham (1959–1965) • Frank Kapral (1966–1967) • Tad Schroeder (1968–1973) • Otto Graham (1974–1975) • Bill Hickey (1976–1979) • Larry Rutledge (1980–1982) • Bob Campiglia (1983–1985) • Thomas H. Bell (1986–1992) • Bill Schmitz (1993–1996) • Chuck Mills (1997) • Bob Estock (1998) • Bill George (1999– )
Categories:- 1908 births
- 1991 deaths
- Coast Guard Bears football coaches
- Union Dutchmen football coaches
- College baseball coaches in the United States
- College men's basketball coaches in the United States
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1940s stubs
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