Pop Golden
American football and baseball coach
Golden pictured in La Vie 1920, Penn State yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1868-07-03)July 3, 1868 Athens, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | August 31, 1949(1949-08-31) (aged 81) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1900–1902 | Penn State |
1903–1909 | Penn State (assistant) |
Baseball | |
1903–1906 | Penn State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 16–12–1 (football) 50–24–1 (baseball) |
William Nelson "Pop" Golden (July 3, 1868 – August 31, 1949) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Pennsylvania State University from 1900 to 1902, compiling a record of 16–12–1. Golden was also the head baseball coach at Penn State from 1903 to 1906, tallying a mark of 50–24–1. He was born in 1868 in Athens, Ohio.[1] He died after a brief illness in 1949.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Penn State (Independent) (1900–1902) | |||||||||
1900 | Penn State | 4–6–1 | |||||||
1901 | Penn State | 5–3 | |||||||
1902 | Penn State | 7–3 | |||||||
Penn State: | 16–12–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 16–12–1 |
References
- ^ Fraternity, Phi Kappa Sigma (October 13, 2007). General register of the members of ... - Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Phi Kappa Sigma, Robert James Pilgram - Google Books. Retrieved November 9, 2011 – via Google Books.
- ^ [ Displaying Abstract ] (August 21, 1949). "W. N. GOLDEN - Obituary - NYTimes.com". Select.nytimes.com. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
External links
- Pop Golden at Find a Grave
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Penn State Nittany Lions head football coaches
- George W. Hoskins (1892–1895)
- Samuel B. Newton (1896–1898)
- Sam Boyle (1899)
- Pop Golden (1900–1902)
- Daniel A. Reed (1903)
- Tom Fennell (1904–1908)
- Bill Hollenback (1909)
- Jack Hollenback (1910)
- Bill Hollenback (1911–1914)
- Dick Harlow (1915–1917)
- Hugo Bezdek (1918–1929)
- Bob Higgins (1930–1948)
- Joe Bedenk (1949)
- Rip Engle (1950–1965)
- Joe Paterno (1966–2011)
- Tom Bradley # (2011)
- Bill O'Brien (2012–2013)
- James Franklin (2014– )
# denotes interim head coach
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