Rip Van Winkle (coach)

Rip Van Winkle
Biographical details
Born(1900-05-06)May 6, 1900
Oakley, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedJanuary 6, 1994(1994-01-06) (aged 93)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1920Kentucky Wesleyan
Basketball
c. 1920Kentucky Wesleyan
Baseball
c. 1920Kentucky Wesleyan
1922Winchester Dodgers
1924Winchester Dodgers
Position(s)Shortstop (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1927Kentucky Wesleyan (freshmen)
1928–1930Kentucky Wesleyan
1932–1936Highlands HS (KY)
Basketball
1928–1932Kentucky Wesleyan
1937–1939Cincinnati
1939–1942Miami (OH)
Baseball
c. 1930Kentucky Wesleyan
1937–1938Cincinnati
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
?–1932Kentucky Wesleyan
Head coaching record
Overall13–11–3 (college football)

Walter R. "Rip" Van Winkle (May 6, 1900 – January 6, 1994) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Kentucky Wesleyan College, when its campus was located in Winchester, Kentucky, from 1928 to 1930, compiling a record of 13–11–3. Van Winkle was also the head basketball coach, head baseball coach, and athletic director at Kentucky Wesleyan.

A native of London, Kentucky, Van Winkle played football, basketball, and baseball at Kentucky Wesleyan and Minor League Baseball with the Winchester Dodgers of the Blue Grass League. He left Kentucky Wesleyan in 1932 to become athletic director and head football coach at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.[1]

Van Winkle died on January 6, 1994, in Milwaukee.[2]

Head coaching record

College football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1928–1930)
1928 Kentucky Wesleyan 6–3 2–3 T–18th
1929 Kentucky Wesleyan 5–4 1–3 T–22nd
1930 Kentucky Wesleyan 2–4–3 2–1–1 10th
Kentucky Wesleyan: 13–11–3 5–7–1
Total: 13–11–3

References

  1. ^ ""Rip" On Way". The Kentucky Post. Covington, Kentucky. August 25, 1932. p. 1. Retrieved May 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ Hewlett, Jennifer (January 8, 1994). "Walter Rip Van Winkle, longtime coach, dies at 93". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. p. B2. Retrieved May 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.