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Biographical details | |
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Born | December 21, 1908 |
Died | March 4, 1991 82) Waterford, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1936–1940 | Union (NY) |
1941 | Colby |
1942 | Coast Guard (assistant) |
1946–1958 | Coast Guard |
Basketball | |
1933–1941 | Union (NY) |
1942–1954 | Coast Guard |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 70–60–9 (football) 130–146 (basketball) |
Nelson Wallace "Nels" Nitchman (December 21, 1908 – March 4, 1991) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Union College in Schenectady, New York, from 1936 to 1940, at Colby College in 1941, and at the United States Coast Guard Academy from 1946 to 1958. Nitchman was also the head basketball coach at Union from 1933 to 1941 and at the Coast Guard Academy from 1942 to 1954, tallying a career college basketball mark of 130–146.
Nitchman was the head football coach at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. He held that position for 13 seasons, from 1946 until 1958. His coaching record at Coast Guard was 45–43–5. [1]
Nitchman died on March 4, 1991, in Waterford, Connecticut. [2]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Union Dutchmen (Independent)(1936–1940) | |||||||||
1936 | Union | 4–4 | |||||||
1937 | Union | 4–3–1 | |||||||
1938 | Union | 3–3–1 | |||||||
1939 | Union | 7–0–1 | |||||||
1940 | Union | 3–5 | |||||||
Union: | 21–15–3 | ||||||||
Colby Mules (Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1941) | |||||||||
1941 | Colby | 4–2–1 | 1–0–1 | 2nd | |||||
Colby: | 4–2–1 | 1–0–1 | |||||||
Coast Guard Cadets (Independent)(1946–1958) | |||||||||
1946 | Coast Guard | 3–5 | |||||||
1947 | Coast Guard | 2–3–2 | |||||||
1948 | Coast Guard | 4–3 | |||||||
1949 | Coast Guard | 5–3 | |||||||
1950 | Coast Guard | 3–4 | |||||||
1951 | Coast Guard | 6–0–1 | |||||||
1952 | Coast Guard | 5–2 | |||||||
1953 | Coast Guard | 4–2–1 | |||||||
1954 | Coast Guard | 3–4 | |||||||
1955 | Coast Guard | 4–3 | |||||||
1956 | Coast Guard | 2–5 | |||||||
1957 | Coast Guard | 2–5 | |||||||
1958 | Coast Guard | 2–4–1 | |||||||
Coast Guard: | 45–43–5 | ||||||||
Total: | 70–60–9 |
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