Bernie Witucki
American football player and coach (1911–2000)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1911-02-25)February 25, 1911 South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
Died | April 8, 2000(2000-04-08) (aged 89) South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
Alma mater | Notre Dame, George Washington |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1935–1943 | Washington HS (IN) |
1946–1948 | Evansville Memorial HS (IN) |
1949–1952 | Tulsa (assistant) |
1953–1954 | Tulsa |
1955–1958 | Notre Dame (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 3–18 (college) 72–14–8 (high school) |
Bernard Francis Witucki (February 25, 1911 – April 8, 2000) was an American football player and coach. From 1935 to 1943, he was the head football coach at Washington High School in South Bend, Indiana, compiling a 60–10–6 record.[1] He was also the head football coach for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team during the 1953 and 1954 seasons.[2][3] He was fired after the 1954 team compiled a winless 0–11 record.[4][5] He died in 2000 at age 89 at his home in South Bend, Indiana.[6]
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Missouri Valley Conference) (1953–1954) | |||||||||
1953 | Tulsa | 3–7 | 1–3 | 5th | |||||
1954 | Tulsa | 0–11 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
Tulsa: | 3–18 | 1–7 | |||||||
Total: | 3–18 |
References
- ^ "Bernie Witucki". Indiana Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ "Witucki Signs Pact, Succeeds Brothers". The Daily Oklahoman. January 21, 1953 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bernie Witucki". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ "Witucki Fired as Tulsa Grid Coach". The Daily Oklahoman. December 1, 1954 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bernie Witucki of Tulsa Fired". Chicago Tribune. December 1, 1954. p. F3.
- ^ Jason Kelly (April 9, 2000). "Panther pride defined Witucki". The South Bend Tribune. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.
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Tulsa Golden Hurricane head football coaches
- Norman Leard (1895–1897)
- Fred Taylor (1898–1899)
- F. M. Whitmore (1900)
- Unknown (1901–1903)
- Samuel L. Morley (1904)
- F. R. Applegate (1905)
- Ben McCurtain (1906)
- No team (1907)
- Sam P. McBirney (1908)
- Harry Price (1909)
- Sam P. McBirney (1910)
- No team (1911)
- Harvey L. Allen (1912)
- George "Red" Evans (1913)
- Sam P. McBirney (1914–1916)
- Hal Mefford (1917)
- Arthur F. Smith (1918)
- Francis Schmidt (1919–1921)
- Howard Acher (1922–1924)
- Gus Henderson (1925–1935)
- Vic Hurt (1936–1938)
- Chet Benefiel (1939–1940)
- Henry Frnka (1941–1945)
- Buddy Brothers (1946–1952)
- Bernie Witucki (1953–1954)
- Bobby Dobbs (1955–1960)
- Glenn Dobbs (1961–1968)
- Vince Carillot (1969)
- Claude "Hoot" Gibson (1970–1972)
- F. A. Dry (1972–1976)
- John Cooper (1977–1984)
- Don Morton (1985–1986)
- George Henshaw (1987)
- David Rader (1988–1999)
- Pat Henderson # (1999)
- Keith Burns (2000–2002)
- Steve Kragthorpe (2003–2006)
- Todd Graham (2007–2010)
- Bill Blankenship (2011–2014)
- Philip Montgomery (2015–2022)
- Kevin Wilson (2023– )
# denotes interim head coach