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Warren B. Woodson

American football coach (1903–1998)

Field	Value
name	Warren B. Woodson
image	Warren_B._Woodson_in_1961.jpg
alt	Woodson in 1961
caption	Woodson in 1961
birth_date
birth_place	Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Dallas, Texas, U.S.
coach_sport1	Football
coach_years2	1927–1934
coach_team2	Texarkana
coach_years3	1935–1940
coach_team3	Arkansas State Teachers
coach_years4	1941–1951
coach_team4	Hardin–Simmons
coach_years5	1952–1956
coach_team5	Arizona
coach_years6	1958–1967
coach_team6	New Mexico A&M / State
coach_years7	1972–1973
coach_team7	Trinity (TX)
coach_sport8	Basketball
coach_years9	1935–1941
coach_team9	Arkansas State Teachers
coach_years10	1945–1946
coach_team10	Hardin–Simmons
coach_sport11	Baseball
coach_years12	1936
coach_team12	Arkansas State Teachers
admin_years1	1941–1952
admin_team1	Hardin–Simmons
admin_years2	1958–1967
admin_team2	New Mexico A&M / State
admin_years3	1968–1973
admin_team3	Trinity (TX)
overall_record	203–94–14 (college football)
116–50 (college basketball)
bowl_record	6–1–1
championships	Football
4 AIC (1936–1938, 1940)
3 Border (1942, 1946, 1960)
CFBHOF_year	1989
CFBHOF_id	1610

116–50 (college basketball) 4 AIC (1936–1938, 1940) 3 Border (1942, 1946, 1960) Warren Brooks Woodson (February 24, 1903 – February 22, 1998) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Arkansas State Teachers College, now the University of Central Arkansas, (1935–1940), Hardin–Simmons University (1941–1951), the University of Arizona (1952–1956), New Mexico State University (1958–1967), and Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas (1972–1973), compiling a career college football record of 203–94–14 in 31 seasons. He was also the head basketball coach at Arkansas State Teachers from 1935 to 1941 and at Hardin–Simmons in 1945–46, tallying a career college basketball mark of 116–50. Woodson won an additional 52 football games at junior college level and 18 high school football games. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989.

Education and coaching career

Woodson received a degree from Baylor University in 1924, majoring in Bible and history, and a degree from Springfield College in 1926, majoring in physical education. He coached four sports at Texarkana College from 1927 to 1934 and, in three of the same years also coached three sports at a nearby high school.

He then moved on to Arkansas State Teachers College (now University of Central Arkansas) in Conway from 1935 to 1940. In his second year, his team had a perfect 8–0 season. Won 2000 Elijah Pitts Award (named after the Conway, Arkansas, native and Green Bay Packer legend) for Conway athletic lifetime achievement.

Woodson accepted the head coaching job at Hardin–Simmons University in 1941. During World War II, Woodson served for three years as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy. The Hardin-Simmons football program was canceled from 1943 to 1945. After Woodson returned, his 1946 team went unbeaten with an 11–0 record. His 1948 team was in three bowls: the Grape Bowl on December 4, a 35–35 tie with College of the Pacific; the Shrine Bowl December 18, a 40–12 victory over Ouachita Baptist; and Camellia Bowl December 30, a 49–12 victory over Wichita.

Woodson coached at the University of Arizona from 1952 to 1956 and at New Mexico State University from 1958 to 1967. His 1960 team went 11–0. He was head coach at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas from 1972 to 1973 and later was consultant at New Mexico Highlands.

Woodson coached players who won the national rushing title nine times:

Rudolph Mobley, Hardin–Simmons (1942, 1946)
Wilton Davis, Hardin–Simmons (1947)
Art Luppino, Arizona (1954, 1955)
Pervis Atkins, New Mexico State (1959)
Bob Gaiters, New Mexico (State 1960)
Jim Pilot, New Mexico State (1961, 1962)

Death

Woodson died of colon cancer on February 22, 1998, at his home in Dallas, Texas.

Head coaching record

College football

Notes

References

. (February 23, 1998). ["Former UA Coach Warren Woodson dies of cancer"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30986319/arizona_daily_star/). *[[Arizona Daily Star]]*.

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