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Forrest Perkins
Biographical details
Born	November 13, 1920; Dodgeville, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	December 13, 2014 (aged 94); Whitewater, Wisconsin, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1956–1984	Whitewater State / Wisconsin–Whitewater
Baseball
1960–1965	Whitewater State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1971–1984	Wisconsin–Whitewater
Head coaching record
Overall	185–93–8 (football); 68–27 (baseball)
Tournaments	Football; 1–1 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 11 WSCC/WSUC/WAIC (1959–1960, 1962, 1966–1967, 1969, 1974–1975, 1978, 1980, 1984)
Awards
	Football; NAIA Coach of the Year (1966)

Forrest W. Perkins (November 13, 1920 – December 13, 2014) was an American football, baseball, and track and field coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater from 1956 to 1984, compiling a record of 185–93–8. He was the school's athletic director from 1971 until his retirement in 1984. He also coached baseball and track and field at Wisconsin–Whitewater.

Perkins was born on November 13, 1920, and attended Dodgeville High School in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. He earned a bachelor's degree in education from University of Wisconsin–Platteville, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. Perkins served in World War II with the United States Marine Corps while enrolled at Wisconsin–Platteville. He obtained a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1950 and coached football and baseball at the high school level in the state of Wisconsin before arriving at Wisconsin–Whitewater.^[1]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Whitewater State Quakers / Whitewater State Warhawks / Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks (Wisconsin State College Conference / Wisconsin State University Conference / Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1956–1984)
1956	Whitewater State	4–4	2–3	T–5th
1957	Whitewater State	5–2–1	3–1–1	3rd
1958	Whitewater State	5–3	4–2	T–3rd
1959	Whitewater State	7–1–1	6–0	1st
1960	Whitewater State	7–0–1	6–0	1st
1961	Whitewater State	6–3	3–3	4th
1962	Whitewater State	6–3	6–1	1st
1963	Whitewater State	6–3	5–2	3rd
1964	Whitewater State	3–5–1	3–2–1	4th
1965	Whitewater State	7–2–1	4–1–1	T–2nd
1966	Whitewater State	10–1	8–0	1st	L NAIA Championship
1967	Whitewater State	8–1	7–1	1st
1968	Whitewater State	6–3–1	5–3	T–3rd
1969	Whitewater State	8–1	7–1	T–1st
1970	Whitewater State	6–4	5–3	T–2nd
1971	Wisconsin–Whitewater	3–7	2–6	T–7th
1972	Wisconsin–Whitewater	7–3	6–2	3rd
1973	Wisconsin–Whitewater	6–2–2	4–2–2	3rd
1974	Wisconsin–Whitewater	8–3	7–1	T–1st
1975	Wisconsin–Whitewater	8–3	7–1	T–1st
1976	Wisconsin–Whitewater	2–9	2–6	T–7th
1977	Wisconsin–Whitewater	7–4	6–2	2nd
1978	Wisconsin–Whitewater	7–4	7–1	T–1st
1979	Wisconsin–Whitewater	7–4	6–2	T–2nd
1980	Wisconsin–Whitewater	8–3	6–2	T–1st
1981	Wisconsin–Whitewater	7–3	5–3	T–2nd
1982	Wisconsin–Whitewater	7–4	4–4	5th
1983	Wisconsin–Whitewater	6–5	6–2	T–3rd
1984	Wisconsin–Whitewater	8–3	7–1	T–1st
Whitewater State / Wisconsin–Whitewater:		185–93–8	149–58–5
Total:		185–93–8
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth