Walter H. Watkins

For the rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1930s for Cross Keys (RU), Great Britain (RL), Wales, and Salford, see Billy Watkins (rugby).

Walter H. Watkins
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football, baseball
Born	(1878-02-23)February 23, 1878 Meridian, Mississippi
Died	April 6, 1937(1937-04-06) (aged 59) Memphis, Tennessee
Alma mater	Princeton University (1900)
Playing career
Football
1896–1899	Princeton
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1900–1901	Alabama Polytechnic
1901–1902	Vanderbilt
Head coaching record
Overall	20–5–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 SIAA (1900, 1901)

Walter Hudson "Billy" Watkins (February 23, 1878 – April 6, 1937)^[1]^[2] was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Auburn University from 1900 to 1901, compiling a record of 6–3–1. He also coached the Vanderbilt Commodores for two seasons from 1901 to 1902, compiling a record of 14–2–1. Watkins attended Princeton University where he was a prominent member of the baseball team and first substitute on the football team. He later worked as an attorney.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Auburn Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1900–1901)
1900	Auburn	4–0	3–0	T–1st
1901	Auburn	2–3–1	2–2–1	9th
Auburn:		6–3–1	5–2–1
Vanderbilt Commodores (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1901–1902)
1901	Vanderbilt	6–1–1	4–0–1	1st
1902	Vanderbilt	8–1	4–1	T–1st
Vanderbilt:		14–2–1	8–1–1
Total:		20–5–2

References

↑ Ward, Janice (September 14, 2014). "WATKINS, Walter Hudson | Who's Who In TN". Tngenweb.org. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
↑ "WALTER WATKINS, TENNESSEE LAWYER - Counsel for Central of Georgia Dies in Memphis-A Former Athlete at Princeton - Article - NYTimes.com". Select.nytimes.com. April 17, 1937. Retrieved August 7, 2013.

External links

Walter H. Watkins at the College Football Data Warehouse

Auburn Tigers head football coaches

George Petrie (1891–1892)
D. M. Balliet (1892)
George Roy Harvey (1893)
Forrest M. Hall (1894)
John Heisman (1895–1899)
Walter H. Watkins (1900–1901)
Robert S. Kent (1902)
M. S. Harvey (1902)
William Penn Bates (1903)
Mike Donahue (1904–1906)
Willis Kienholz (1907)
Mike Donahue (1908–1922)
Boozer Pitts (1923–1924)
Dave Morey (1925–1927)
Boozer Pitts (1927)
George Bohler (1928–1929)
Johnny Floyd (1929)
Chet A. Wynne (1930–1933)
Jack Meagher (1934–1942)
No team (1943)
Carl M. Voyles (1944–1947)
Earl Brown (1948–1950)
Ralph Jordan (1951–1975)
Doug Barfield (1976–1980)
Pat Dye (1981–1992)
Terry Bowden (1993–1998)
Bill Oliver # (1998)
Tommy Tuberville (1999–2008)
Gene Chizik (2009–2012)
Gus Malzahn (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

Vanderbilt Commodores head football coaches

Elliott Jones (1890–1892)
W. J. Keller (1893)
Henry Worth Thornton (1894)
C. L. Upton (1895)
R. G. Acton (1896–1898)
James L. Crane (1899–1900)
Walter H. Watkins (1901–1902)
James H. Henry (1903)
Dan McGugin (1904–1917)
Ray Morrison (1918)
Dan McGugin (1919–1934)
Ray Morrison (1935–1939)
Henry Russell Sanders (1940–1942)
Ernest Alley (1943)
Doby Bartling (1944–1945)
Henry Russell Sanders (1946–1948)
Bill Edwards (1949–1952)
Arthur Guepe (1953–1962)
John Green (1963–1966)
Bill Pace (1967–1972)
Steve Sloan (1973–1974)
Fred Pancoast (1975–1978)
George MacIntyre (1979–1985)
Watson Brown (1986–1990)
Gerry DiNardo (1991–1994)
Rod Dowhower (1995–1996)
Woody Widenhofer (1997–2001)
Bobby Johnson (2002–2009)
Robbie Caldwell (2010)
James Franklin (2011–2013)
Derek Mason (2014– )

Walter H. Watkins—championships

1896 Princeton Tigers football—national champions

John Baird W. H. Bannard William W. Church Garrett Cochran Robert Gailey Art Hillebrand Addison Kelly F. L. Smith Billy Suter Walter H. Watkins Head coach Franklin Morse

1898 Princeton Tigers football—national champions

John Baird Big Bill Edwards Art Hillebrand Lew Palmer Art Poe Howard R. Reiter Billy Suter Walter H. Watkins

1899 Princeton Tigers football—national champions

Walter C. Booth Big Bill Edwards Art Hillebrand Ralph Hutchinson Lew Palmer Art Poe Howard R. Reiter Walter H. Watkins

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