Muddy Waters (football coach)

College coach infobox
Name = Frank "Muddy" Waters


Caption = Coach Waters at Michigan State University
DateOfBirth = January 30 1923
Birthplace =
DateOfDeath = September 20 2006
Sport = College football
College = Michigan State University
Title =
CurrentRecord =
OverallRecord = 173-96-7
Awards = 1957 NAIA Coach of the Year
Michigan Coach of the Year (8 times)
NAIA Coach's Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame [ [http://collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=50110&PHPSESSID=cc49d4dadaa442aaea8354755213ab61 College Football Hall of Fame ] ]
CFbDWID = 2448
Player = trigger
Years =
Team = Michigan State University
Position =
Coach = Trigger
CoachYears = 1980-1982
1975-1979
1954-1973
CoachTeams = Michigan State
Saginaw Valley State
Hillsdale
FootballHOF = 2000

Frank "Muddy" Waters (January 30 1923 - September 20 2006) was an American college football coach best known for his years at Hillsdale College from 1954 to 1973 and at Michigan State University from 1980 to 1982. In the year 2000, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. [ [http://collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=50110&PHPSESSID=cc49d4dadaa442aaea8354755213ab61 College Football Hall of Fame ] ]

Coaching History

Hillsdale

His Hillsdale Dales/Chargers teams won 34 consecutive games from 1953 to 1957 while participating in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. In 1955 his 9-0 team refused to play in the Tangerine Bowl when game officials prohibited the team's black players from participating. He was named NAIA Coach of the Year in 1957, a year in which the team played in the Holiday Bowl and was chosen by the Washington D.C. Touchdown Club as the best small college team in the country. In his final year at the school, its stadium was renamed Frank Waters Stadium.

aginaw Valley State University

After leaving Hillsdale with a 138-47-5 record, Waters went on to serve as the first head coach of the Saginaw Valley State University Cardinals from 1975 to 1979, posting a 24-26-2 record and capturing a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title in his final season. Waters held that position for five seasons, from 1975 until 1979.His overall coaching record at Saginaw Valley State was 25 wins, 26 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks himfourth at Saginaw Valley State in terms of total wins and fourth at Saginaw Valley State in terms of winning percentage. [ [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=4865 All-Time Coaching Records by Year ] ]

Michigan State Spartans

In 1980, MSU hired Waters to coach the team after an NCAA probation. Waters coached for three seasons, but got fired after a 10-23 record in three seasons. [ [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=2448 All-Time Coaching Records by Year ] ] Despite his firing just before the last game of the season, Waters was popular enough with players and fans to be carried off the field after his final 24-18 loss to the University of Iowa. [ [http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060921/GW01/609210359 Greenandwhite.com: The article requested can not be found! Please refresh your browser or go back. (A3,20060921,GW01,609210359,AR) ] ]

Personal life

Waters was born in Chico, California, Waters grew up in Wallingford, Connecticut. He played as a fullback for Michigan State from 1946 to 1949, under the training of coaches Charlie Bachman and Clarence "Biggie" Munn.

After leaving MSU's head coach position, Waters continued to live in East Lansing and participate as member of the MSU for the next two decades. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000 in the Small College category. Waters died of congestive heart failure at age 83 in Saginaw, Michigan. [ [http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060920/GW01/60920001 Greenandwhite.com: The article requested can not be found! Please refresh your browser or go back. (A3,20060920,GW01,60920001,AR) ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=50110 College Football Hall of Fame]
* [http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/msu-m-footbl-body.html MSU Athletics Site]
* [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/college/4202502.html AP obituary]