Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Fort Worth, Texas |
February 24, 1903
Died | February 22, 1998 Dallas, Texas |
(aged 94)
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1927–1934 | Texarkana JC |
1935–1940 | Arkansas State Teachers |
1941–1951 | Hardin–Simmons |
1952–1956 | Arizona |
1958–1967 | New Mexico State |
1972–1973 | Trinity (TX) |
Basketball | |
1935–1941 | Arkansas State Teachers |
1945–1946 | Hardin–Simmons |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 202–94–14 (college football) 116–50 (college basketball) |
Bowls | 6–2–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 4 AIC (1936–1938, 1940) 3 Border (1942, 1946, 1960) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1989 (profile) |
Warren Brooks Woodson (February 24, 1903 – February 22, 1998) was an American football and basketball coach. 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 202–94–14 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.
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.