Myron E. Witham

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Myron E. Witham
Witham from 1932 Colorado yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, baseball
Biographical details
Born	(1880-10-29)October 29, 1880 Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts
Died	March 7, 1973(1973-03-07) (aged 92) Burlington, Vermont
Playing career
Football 1901–1903	Dartmouth
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1906 1920–1931 Baseball 1920–1925	Purdue Colorado Colorado
Head coaching record
Overall	63–31–7 (football) 29–25 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships Football 2 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1923–1924)
Awards All-American, 1903

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 1903. 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]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
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. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
↑ AP (March 8, 1973). "Myron Witham". The New York Times. Retrieved June 7, 2010.

External links

Myron E. Witham at the College Football Data Warehouse

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)
Enoch J. 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 (2011–2012)
Mike MacIntyre (2013– )

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)
Samuel 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 (2009–2012)
Patrick Higgins # (2012)
Darrell Hazell (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e 1903 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

QB Jimmy Johnson QB Myron E. Witham HB Willie Heston HB Dana Kafer FB Ledyard Mitchell FB Richard Shore Smith C Henry Hooper G James Bloomer G John DeWitt G Andrew Marshall T James Hogan T Daniel Knowlton T Fred Schacht E Howard Henry E Charles Rafferty

Persondata
Name	Witham, Myron E.
Alternative names	Witham, Myron Ellis
Short description	American football player and coach, mathematics professor
Date of birth	October 29, 1880
Place of birth	Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts
Date of death	March 7, 1973
Place of death	Burlington, Vermont

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