Pete Cawthon

Pete Cawthon
Biographical details
Cawthon, circa 1930s
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Born	(1898-03-24)March 24, 1898 Houston, Texas
Died	December 31, 1962(1962-12-31) (aged 64) Sherman, Texas
Playing career
Football
1917–1919	Southwestern (TX)
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919	Beaumont HS (TX)
1921–1922	Terrill Prep (TX)
1923–1927	Austin
1930–1940	Texas Tech
1942	Alabama (line)
1943–1944	Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers
1945–1946	Detroit Lions (assistant)
Basketball
1920–1921	Rice
1923–1927	Austin
Baseball
1920–1921	Rice
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1930–1940	Texas Tech
1952–1953	Alabama
Head coaching record
Overall	97–52–10 (college football) 2–18 (NFL)
Bowls	0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Border (1937)

Peter Willis Cawthon (March 24, 1898 – December 31, 1962) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Austin College from 1923 to 1927 and at Texas Technological College—now Texas Tech University—from 1930 to 1940, compiling a career college football coaching record of 97–52–10. Cawthon was the head coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1942 to 1943. He served as the athletic director at Texas Tech from 1930 to 1941 and the University of Alabama from 1952 to 1953.

Playing career

Cawthon graduated from Houston Central High School in 1917 and went on to attend Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. He lettered in baseball, football, and basketball during his freshman year. When the baseball coach left to fight in World War I, Cawthon took over the position. Cawthon earned four letters his sophomore year and was selected as an All-State halfback.^[1]

Coaching career

In 1919, Cawthon took his first regular coaching job at Beaumont High School before becoming the baseball and basketball coach at Rice Institute—now Rice University—in 1920. In 1923, he moved on to coach at Austin College in Sherman, Texas, where he established the Cawthon Trophy, given annually to an outstanding individual at the school on the basis of athletic participation, leadership, and sportsmanship. His record at Austin College was 21–20–4 from 1923 to 1927. Austin won Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association title in 1923.

In 1930, Cawthon was hired by Texas Technological College—now Texas Tech University. By 1932, the Matadors—now the Red Raiders)—became the highest-scoring team in the nation. He coached at the school through the 1940 season. During his tenure, he compiled a record of 76–32–6.

Cawthon served as line coach in football with the Alabama Crimson Tide during the 1942 season. From 1943 to 1944, Cawthon coached in the National Football League for the Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers. He posted a 2–18 record during his time in the NFL. From 1952 to 1953, Cawthon served as athletic director at the University of Alabama.

Death

Cawthon died after a heart attack on December 31, 1962, in Sherman, Texas.^[2]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AP^#
Austin Kangaroos () (1923–1927)
Austin:		21–20–4
Texas Tech Matadors (Independent) (1930–1931)
1930	Texas Tech	3–6
1931	Texas Tech	6–3
Texas Tech Matadors / Red Raiders (Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1932–1940)
1932	Texas Tech	10–2	2–0
1933	Texas Tech	8–1	1–0
1934	Texas Tech	7–2–1	1–0
1935	Texas Tech	5–3–2	0–1	6th
1936	Texas Tech	5–4–1	0–0–1	T–4th
1937	Texas Tech	8–4	3–0	1st	L Sun
1938	Texas Tech	10–1	2–0		L Cotton	11
1939	Texas Tech	5–5–1	2–1	T–2nd
1940	Texas Tech	9–1–1	0–1	T–6th
Texas Tech:		76–32–6	11–3–1
Total:		97–52–10
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^#Rankings from final AP Poll.

References

↑ H. Allen Anderson (June 12, 2010). "CAWTHON, PETER WILLIS". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
↑ AP (January 1, 1963). "Pete Cawthon Dead At 64". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Daytona Beach, Florida. Retrieved June 11, 2015.

External links

Pete Cawthon at the College Football Data Warehouse

Rice Owls head baseball coaches

Phillip Arbuckle (1912–1917)
Jack Coombs (1918)
Pete Cawthon (1920–1921)
Bob Countryman (1922–1923)
Mike O'Neill (1924)
Joe Bedenk (1925–1926)
Dickey Kerr (1927)
Dickey Kerr & Charlie Schwartz (1928)
Gene Bailey (1929)
Danny Allnoch (1930)
John Nemic (1931–1932)
Cecil Grigg (1936–1944)
Jess Neely (1945)
Cecil Grigg (1946–1947)
Jess Neely (1948)
Harold Stockbridge (1949–1952)
Dell Morgan (1953–1961)
Joe Gallagher (1962)
Doug Osburn (1963–1980)
David Hall (1981–1991)
Wayne Graham (1992– )

Rice Owls men's basketball head coaches

Robert Cummings (1914–1917)
Wilbur Tisdale (1917–1919)
Leslie Mann (1919–1920)
Pete Cawthon (1920–1921)
Howard Yerges (1921–1922)
Phillip Arbuckle (1922–1923)
Pete Cawthon (1923–1924)
John Patrick Nicholson (1924–1925)
Franklyn Ashcraft (1925–1927)
Russell Daugherty (1927–1932)
James Kitts (1932–1938)
Buster Brannon (1938–1942)
Joe Davis (1942–1945)
Buster Brannon (1945–1946)
Joe Davis (1946–1949)
Don Suman (1949–1959)
John Frankie (1959–1963)
George Carlisle (1963–1966)
Don Knodel (1966–1974)
Bob Polk (1974–1977)
Mike Schuler (1977–1981)
Tommy Suitts (1981–1987)
Scott Thompson (1987–1992)
Willis Wilson (1992–2008)
Ben Braun (2008–2014)
Mike Rhoades (2014– )

Austin Kangaroos head football coaches

Unknown (?–1901)
R. N. Watts (1902)
James Washington Culver & Frick (1903)
James Washington Culver (1904–1905)
No team (1906)
Tom W. Currie (1907)
C. A. Richenstein (1908)
J. Burton Rix (1909–1910)
Chester Johnson (1911–1914)
J. W. Jones (1915)
Webster H. Warren (1916)
Unknown (1917)
R. K. McCall (1918)
Ewing Y. Freeland (1919–1920)
Eugene Neeley (1921)
Unknown (1922)
Pete Cawthon (1923–1927)
Cecil Grigg (1928–1933)
J. B. Head (1934)
Bill Pierce (1935)
Ewing Y. Freeland (1936–1938)
Garvice Steen (1939–1941)
Unknown (1942–1945)
Garvice Steen (1946)
Bill Pierce (1947–1948)
Ray Morrison (1949–1952)
Unknown (1953–1960)
Floyd Gass (1961–1968)
Duane Nutt (1969–1972)
Larry Kramer (1973–1982)
Stan McGarvey (1983)
Mel Tjeerdsma (1984–1993)
David Norman (1994–2005)
Ronnie Gage (2006–2009)
Loren Dawson (2010– )

Texas Tech Red Raiders athletic directors

Ewing Y. Freeland (1925–1927) Grady Higginbotham (1927–1929) Pete Cawthon (1930–1940) Morley Jennings (1941–1951) DeWitt Weaver (1952–1960) Polk Robison (1960–1970) J. T. King (1970–1978) Dick Tamburo (1978–1980) John Conley (1980–1985) James "T" Jones (1985–1992) Robert Bockrath (1992–1995) Gerald Myers (1996–2011) Kirby Hocutt (2011– )

Texas Tech Red Raiders head football coaches

Ewing Y. Freeland (1925–1928)
Grady Higginbotham (1929)
Pete Cawthon (1930–1940)
Dell Morgan (1941–1950)
DeWitt Weaver (1951–1960)
J. T. King (1961–1969)
Jim Carlen (1970–1974)
Steve Sloan (1975–1977)
Rex Dockery (1978–1980)
Jerry Moore (1981–1985)
David McWilliams (1986)
Spike Dykes (1986–1999)
Mike Leach (2000–2009)
Ruffin McNeill # (2009)
Tommy Tuberville (2010–2012)
Chris Thomsen # (2012)
Kliff Kingsbury (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Brooklyn Dodgers / Tigers head coaches

Jack Depler (1930–1931) Benny Friedman (1932) John McEwan (1933–1934) Paul J. Schissler (1935–1936) George Clark (1937–1939) Jock Sutherland (1940–1941) Mike Getto (1942) Pete Cawthon (1943) Frank Bridges, Pete Cawthon & Ed Kubale (1944)

Alabama Crimson Tide athletic directors

J. W. H. Pollard (1907–1910)
Guy Lowman (1910–1911)
D. V. Graves (1911–1914)
Thomas Kelley (1915)
B. L. Noojin (1916–1920)
Charles A. Bernier (1920–1923)
Wallace Wade (1923–1930)
Hank Crisp (1930–1940)
Frank Thomas (1940–1952)
Pete Cawthon (1952–1954)
Hank Crisp (1954–1957)
Bear Bryant (1957–1983)
Ray Perkins (1983–1987)
Steve Sloan (1987–1989)
Thomas Jones # (1989)
Hootie Ingram (1989–1995)
Glen Tuckett # (1995–1996)
Bob Bockrath (1996–1999)
Finus Gaston # (1999)
Mal Moore (1999–2013)
Bill Battle (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.

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