Frank Winters (basketball coach)

Frank Winters
Sport(s) Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born March 31, 1894
Fort Madison, Iowa
Died July 29, 1980 (aged 86)
Quincy, Illinois
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1912-1913
1914–1920
1920–1922
1922-1928		 Madison High School (WI)
Rockford HS
Illinois
Oak Park HS
Head coaching record
Overall Basketball (120-22, .833)
Football (83-26-9, .761)
Accomplishments and honors

Championships

IHSA Boys Basketball Championship (1919)
IHSA Boys Track & Field Championship (1923, 1924)

Frank Winters was a former high school football and basketball coach as well as a college basketball and football coach in the states of Illinois and Wisconsin.

Madison High School (WI)

Winters began coaching football in 1912 at Madison High School in Madison Wisconsin. His 2 year stay in Madison brought forth an undefeated season as well as a weather shortened season, compiling a total record of 9 wins and 1 loss.[1]

Rockford Central High School

Winters left Madison and moved south to Rockford, Illinois and began coaching at Rockford Central High School. While at Rockford, Winters' basketball teams compiled 95 wins while suffering only 12 losses.[2] During the 1918-19 season, Winters guided his team to an I.H.S.A. state championship with a 39 - 20[3] victory over Springfield High School.[4] During this same time frame, Winters also coached Rockford's football team. Between 1914 and 1919, his football teams won 39 games, lost 12 while tying 3. Rockford joined the Big 7 conference in 1917, with Rockford winning the football title the same year.

University of Illinois

In 1920, Winters departed Rockford and became the head basketball coach of the University of Illinois.[5] During his two-year stint as coach of the Fighting Illini, he had a 25-12 record.[6]

Oak Park & River Forest

After departing from the University of Illinois, Winters returned to high school coaching at Oak Park & River Forest High School. While coaching the Huskies, Winters headed the football and track & field teams. His football teams compiled an overall record of 35 wins, 13 losses and 6 ties. The track & field teams won 2 Illinois Interscholastic state titles.[7]

High school records

Basketball

Season Team Season Record Postseason
1915-16Rockford Central (H.S)19-2Elite Eight
1916-17Rockford Central (H.S)19-2Sweet 16
1917-18Rockford Central (H.S)19-2Sweet 16
1918-19Rockford Central (H.S)23-1State Champs
1919-20Rockford Central (H.S)15-5Sweet 16
Total Rockford Central (H.S.) 95-12 0.887

Football

Season Team Season Record
1912Madison High School (WI)6-0-0
1913Madison High School (WI)3-1-0
1914Rockford Central (H.S)5-5-0
1915Rockford Central (H.S)7-1-1
1916Rockford Central (H.S)7-3-1
1917Rockford Central (H.S)9-1-0
1918Rockford Central (H.S)3-0-1
1919Rockford Central (H.S)8-2-0
1922Oak Park & River Forest (H.S)7-0-1
1923Oak Park & River Forest (H.S)7-1-0
1924Oak Park & River Forest (H.S)7-0-1
1925Oak Park & River Forest (H.S)6-1-1
1926Oak Park & River Forest (H.S)0-5-2
1927Oak Park & River Forest (H.S)6-1-0
1928Oak Park & River Forest (H.S)2-5-1
Total 83-26-9

Track & Field

Season Team Season Record
1923Oak Park & River Forest (H.S)State Champion
1924Oak Park & River Forest (H.S)State Champion
Total Oak Park & River Forest (H.S)

Collegiate records

Basketball

Season Team Season Record Conf. Record Place
1920-21Illinois11-77-5T-4th
1921-22Illinois14-57-5T-4th
Total Illinois25-1214-10

References

  1. ↑ Football Madison Style By Wayne Kelliher, ISBN1932542051, 9781932542059
  2. ↑ http://www.ihsa.org/school/records/sum1822.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.ihsa.org/activity/bkb/records/team1-2.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.marchmadness.org/records/yearly/1919b.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/ill-all-century-team-coaches.html
  6. ↑ Illinois Basketball Records
  7. ↑ Oak Park and River Forest coaching records