- Myron E. Witham
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Myron E. Witham 
Sport(s) Football, baseball Biographical details Born October 29, 1880 Place of birth Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts Died March 7, 1973 (aged 92) Place of death Burlington, Vermont Playing career 1904 Dartmouth Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1906
1920–1931
Baseball
1920–1925
Purdue
Colorado
ColoradoHead coaching record Overall 63–31–7 (football)
29–25 (baseball)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 2 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1923–1924) Myron Ellis Witham (October 29, 1880 – March 7, 1973) was an American football player, coach of football and baseball, and mathematics professor. He served as the head football coach at Purdue University in 1906 and at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1920 to 1931, compiling a career college football record of 63–31–7. He was also the head baseball coach Colorado from 1920 to 1925, tallying a mark of 29–25. Witham was born in Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts on October 29, 1880.[1] He attended Dartmouth College and was captain of the football team there in 1904. Witham taught mathematics at Purdue, Colorado, the University of Vermont, and Saint Michael's College. He died on March 7, 1973 in Burlington, Vermont.[2]
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Head coaching record
Football
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (1906) 1906 Purdue 0–5 0–3 8th Purdue: 0–5 0–3 Colorado Buffaloes (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1920–1931) 1920 Colorado 4–1–2 3–1–2 T–3rd 1921 Colorado 4–1–1 4–0–1 2nd 1922 Colorado 4–4 2–3 T–6th 1923 Colorado 9–0 8–0 1st 1924 Colorado 8–1–1 5–0–1 1st 1925 Colorado 6–3 5–2 4th 1926 Colorado 3–5–1 2–5–1 9th 1927 Colorado 4–5 4–4 T–6th 1928 Colorado 5–1 5–1 2nd 1929 Colorado 5–1–1 4–1–1 T–2nd 1930 Colorado 6–1–1 5–1–1 2nd 1931 Colorado 5–3 3–2 T–4th Colorado: 63–26–7 50–20–7 Total: 63–31–7 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title References
- ^ Emerson, Charles Franklin (1911). General Catalogue of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools 1769-1910. Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press. p. 423. http://www.archive.org/stream/generalcatalogue00dart#page/423/mode/2up. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- ^ AP (March 8, 1973). "Myron Witham". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F10F1EFF3F5C1A7A93CAA91788D85F478785F9. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
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Colorado Buffaloes head football coaches No coach (1890–1893) • Harry Heller (1894) • Fred Folsom (1895–1899) • Theron W. Mortimer (1900) • Fred Folsom (1901–1902) • Dave Cropp (1903–1904) • Willis Kienholz (1905) • Frank Castleman (1906–1907) • Fred Folsom (1908–1915) • Bob Evans (1916–1917) • Joe Mills (1918–1919) • Myron E. Witham (1920–1931) • Bill Saunders (1932–1934) • Bunny Oakes (1935–1939) • Frank Potts (1940) • James J. Yeager (1941–1943) • Frank Potts (1944–1945) • James J. Yeager (1946–1947) • Dallas Ward (1948–1958) • Sonny Grandelius (1959–1961) • William E. Davis (1962) • Eddie Crowder (1963–1973) • Bill Mallory (1974–1978) • Chuck Fairbanks (1979–1981) • Bill McCartney (1982–1994) • Rick Neuheisel (1995–1998) • Gary Barnett (1999–2005) • Mike Hankwitz # (2005) • Dan Hawkins (2006–2010) • Brian Cabral # (2010) • Jon Embree (2011– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.Purdue Boilermakers head football coaches Albert Berg (1887) • No team (1888) • George Andrew Reisner (1889) • Clinton L. Hare (1890) • Knowlton Ames (1891–1892) • D. M. Balliet (1893–1895) • S. M. Hammond (1896) • William H. Church (1897) • Alpha Jamison (1898–1900) • D. M. Balliet (1901) • Charles Best (1902) • Oliver Cutts (1903–1904) • Albert E. Herrnstein (1905) • Myron E. Witham (1906) • Leigh C. Turner (1907) • Frederick A. Speik (1908–1909) • Bill Horr (1910–1912) • Andy Smith (1913–1915) • Cleo A. O'Donnell (1916–1917) • A. G. Scanlon (1918–1920) • William Henry Dietz (1921) • James Phelan (1922–1929) • Noble Kizer (1930–1936) • Allen Elward (1937–1941) • Elmer Burnham (1942–1943) • Cecil Isbell (1944–1946) • Stu Holcomb (1947–1955) • Jack Mollenkopf (1956–1969) • Bob DeMoss (1970–1972) • Alex Agase (1973–1976) • Jim Young (1977–1981) • Leon Burtnett (1982–1986) • Fred Akers (1987–1990) • Jim Colletto (1991–1996) • Joe Tiller (1997–2008) • Danny Hope (2009– )
Categories:- 1880 births
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- University of Colorado faculty
- University of Vermont faculty
- People from Rockport, Massachusetts
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1900s stubs
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