Windy Nicklaus

William Winfield "Windy" Nicklaus (January 6, 1904 – January 8, 1991) was an American football player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Oklahoma Baptist University from 1939 to 1940 and at West Texas A&M University in 1946.[2]

Windy Nicklaus
Biographical details
Born(1904-01-06)January 6, 1904
DiedJanuary 8, 1991(1991-01-08) (aged 87)
Playing career
Football
1924Bucknell
1925–1927Texas Tech
Baseball
1926–1928Texas Tech
Position(s)Halfback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1935Amarillo JC
1936–1938Altus JC
1939–1940Oklahoma Baptist
1946West Texas A&M
Head coaching record
Overall18–5–1 (college)
34–5 (junior college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 OCC (1940)

Nickaus attended Amarillo High School in Amarillo, Texas, where he was captain of the football team in 1922. Nicklaus began his college football career at Bucknell University in 1924, playing for head coach Charley Moran, and transferred to Texas Tech University, where he was captain of the 1925 Texas Tech Matadors, the school's first football team. Nickaus graduated from Texas Tech in 1928 and later coached football at Amarillo Junior High School. In 1935, he was appointed head football coach at Amarillo Junior College—now known as Amarillo College—succeeding Frank Kimbrough.[3] A year later, Nickaus moved on to Altus Junior College—now known as Western Oklahoma State College—in Altus, Oklahoma, serving as head football coach there for three seasons. He led his junior college football teams at the two schools to a record of 34–5 in four seasons.[4]

Nicklaus was later an educator and civic leader in Amarillo. He died on January 8, 1991.[5]

Head coaching record

College
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Oklahoma Baptist Bison (Oklahoma Collegiate Conference) (1939–1940)
1939 Oklahoma Baptist 8–24–2T–2nd
1940 Oklahoma Baptist 8–2–15–0–11st
Oklahoma Baptist: 16–4–19–2–1
West Texas State Buffaloes (Border Conference) (1946)
1946 West Texas State 2–1[n 1]1–1[n 1]5th
West Texas State: 2–11–1
Total:18–5–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Notes
  1. Gus Miller served as West Texas State's head coach for the first seven games of the 1946 season before resigning. Nicklaus replaced Miller as head coach and led West Texas State to a record of 2–1 over the final three games of the season. The team finished 5–5 overall and 4–5 in Border Conference play.

References
  1. "Windy Nicklaus". kidsinc.org. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. "Windy Nicklaus". Sports-Reference College Football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. "Nicklaus Gets Amarillo Job; Was Tech Star". Lubbock Morning Avalanche. Lubbock, Texas. February 10, 1935. p. 5. Retrieved November 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "Nicklaus Is Given Job As Baptists' Football Coach". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. November 13, 1939. p. 12. Retrieved November 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "W. W. Nicklaus dead at 87". Odessa American. Odessa, Texas. January 10, 1991. p. 18. Retrieved November 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com open access.


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