Warren B. Woodson

Warren B. Woodson
Biographical details
Born(1903-02-24)February 24, 1903
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
DiedFebruary 22, 1998(1998-02-22) (aged 94)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1927–1934Texarkana
1935–1940Arkansas State Teachers
1941–1951Hardin–Simmons
1952–1956Arizona
1958–1967New Mexico A&M / State
1972–1973Trinity (TX)
Basketball
1935–1941Arkansas State Teachers
1945–1946Hardin–Simmons
Baseball
1936Arkansas State Teachers
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1941–1952Hardin–Simmons
1958–1967New Mexico A&M / State
1968–1973Trinity (TX)
Head coaching record
Overall203–94–14 (college football)
116–50 (college basketball)
Bowls6–1–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
4 AIC (1936–1938, 1940)
3 Border (1942, 1946, 1960)
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1989 (profile)

Warren Brooks Woodson (February 24, 1903 – February 22, 1998) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. 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 203–94–14 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.