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Duke Nelson Sport(s) Football Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1939–1941
1946–1968RPI
MiddleburyHead coaching record Overall 98–81–12 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 2× Vermont State Conference Champions Walter J. "Duke" Nelson was the head football coach for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Engineers and Middlebury College Panthers football teams. He coached RPI from 1939 to 1941 and Middlebury from 1946 to 1968. Nelson's overall coaching record is 98–81–12, including back-to-back Vermont State Conference championships in 1948 and 1949 while coaching the Panthers.
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Rank# RPI Engineers (Independent) (1939–1941) 1939 RPI 4–2–1 1940 RPI 7–1 1941 RPI 4–3 RPI: 15–6–2 Middlebury Panthers (Independent) (1946–1947) 1946 Middlebury 2–4–1 1947 Middlebury 6–1–1 Middlebury Panthers (Vermont State Conference) (1948–1950) 1948 Middlebury 7–1 1st (tied) 1949 Middlebury 4–2–1 1st 1950 Middlebury 3–4–1 Middlebury Panthers (Independent) (1951–1962) 1951 Middlebury 4–4 1952 Middlebury 2–5 1953 Middlebury 2–5 1954 Middlebury 4–2–1 1955 Middlebury 3–4 1956 Middlebury 4–3 1957 Middlebury 5–2 1958 Middlebury 4–3 1959 Middlebury 5–1–1 1960 Middlebury 5–1–1 1961 Middlebury 5–1–1 1962 Middlebury 5–2 Middlebury Panthers (Green Mountain Conference) (1963) 1963 Middlebury 2–5 Middlebury Panthers (Independent) (1964–1968) 1964 Middlebury 3–3–1 1965 Middlebury 2–5 1966 Middlebury 3–5 1967 Middlebury 2–6 1968 Middlebury 1–6–1 Middlebury: 83–75–10 Total: 98–81–12 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. References
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RPI Engineers head football coaches No coach (1886) • No team (1887–1888) • No coach (1889) • No team (1890–1891) • No coach (1892–1906) • Elder (1907) • William Geiger (1908–1909) • H. R. Bankart (1910) • John Inglis (1911–1913) • Frank Gargan (1914) • A. J. Sturzenegger (1915) • Jack Reed (1916–1919) • Paul Graham (1920–1926) • Glenn Killinger (1927–1931) • Henry W. Krumpf (1932–1938) • Duke Nelson (1939–1941) • Paul Graham (1942–1945) • Edward A. Jontos (1946–1952) • Nick Skorich (1953) • John Coons (1954) • Richard S. Lyon (1955–1957) • Ed Hoffman (1958–1962) • Richard Riendeau (1963–1972) • Dave White (1973–1981) • Bob Ducatte (1982–1983) • Kevin Earl (1984–1988) • Joe King (1989–2010) • Tim Landis (2011– )
Middlebury Panthers head football coaches Unknown (1893–1894) • No team (1895) • Unknown (1896–1906) • David Austin (1907–1908) • Arthur J. Pierce (1909) • P. J. Keefe (1910–1912) • Frank Bergen (1913) • Joseph A. Francis (1914) • Edwin N. Holmes (1915–1917) • Arthur M. Brown (1918–1920) • Dave Morey (1921–1924) • Marshall Klevenow (1925–1927) • Ben Beck (1928–1941) • Samuel Guarnaccia (1942) • No team (1943) • P. J. Dranginis & C. W. Laird (1944) • Arthur M. Brown (1945) • Duke Nelson (1946–1968) • John A. Anderson (1969–1972) • Mickey Heinecken (1973–2000) • Bob Ritter (2001– )
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- RPI Engineers football coaches
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