Frank Potts (coach)
Oklahoma | |
| Basketball | |
|---|---|
| 1924–1927 | Oklahoma |
| Position(s) | Halfback (football) Pole vault (track) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1927–? | Colorado (assistant) |
| 1940 | Colorado |
| 1944–1945 | Colorado |
| Cross country / track and field | |
| 1927–1968 | Colorado |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 16–8–1 (football) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 Mountain States (1944) | |
| Awards | |
Frank Calhoun Potts (January 15, 1903 – May 26, 1990) was an American
University of Colorado at Boulder from 1927 to 1968. Potts also coached the Colorado Buffaloes football
team in 1940, 1944, and 1945, compiling a record of 16–8–1.
A native of Ada, Oklahoma, Potts attended the University of Oklahoma, where he played college football as a halfback, on the basketball team, and competed in track as a pole vaulter. He was captain of the track team in 1927. After graduating from Oklahoma in 1927, Potts went to Colorado as head track coach and assistant football coach.[1]
Potts died on May 26, 1990, at Boulder Manor Heather Care Center in Boulder, Colorado.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Buffaloes (Mountain States Conference) (1940) | |||||||||
| 1940 | Colorado | 5–3–1 | 4–1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| Colorado Buffaloes (Mountain States Conference) (1944–1945) | |||||||||
| 1944 | Colorado | 6–2 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1945 | Colorado | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Colorado: | 16–8–1 | 9–2–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 16–8–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
See also
References
- Newspapers.com.
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