Carroll Widdoes

Carroll Curtis Widdoes (December 3, 1903 – September 22, 1971) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Ohio State University (1944–1945) and Ohio University (1949–1957), compiling a career record of 58–38–5. Widdoes's 1944 Ohio State team went undefeated and was retroactively named national champion by the National Championship Foundation and the Sagarin Ratings.

Carroll Widdoes
Biographical details
Born(1903-12-03)December 3, 1903
Philippines
DiedSeptember 22, 1971(1971-09-22) (aged 67)
Lake Worth, Florida
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1941–1943Ohio State (assistant)
1944–1945Ohio State
1946–1948Ohio State (assistant)
1949–1957Ohio
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1940–1961Ohio
Head coaching record
Overall58–38–5
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Big Ten (1944)
1 MAC (1953)
Awards
AFCA Coach of the Year (1944)

Early life

Widdoes was the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Howard W. Widdoes. The Widdoes were missionaries to the Philippines for the United Brethren Church, a predecessor denomination of the United Methodist Church, and Carroll was born there in 1903. Carroll and his brothers and sister came to live at Otterbein in 1916.

Coaching career

After graduating from Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio in 1926, Widdoes was an assistant football coach under Paul Brown at Massillon Washington High School in Massillon, Ohio. He followed Brown to Ohio State University as an assistant and assumed the head coaching job in 1944 when Brown joined the Navy, leading the Buckeyes to an undefeated season. That season, he coached Ohio State's first Heisman Trophy winner, Les Horvath. In two seasons at Ohio State, Widdoes posted a 16–2 record. After the 1945 season, Widdoes left Ohio State, choosing his offensive coordinator, Paul Bixler, to be his successor.

Widdoes took over as head football coach at Ohio University in 1949, eventually becoming athletic director as well. In nine seasons as head coach, he led the Bobcats to a 42–36–5 record and a Mid-American Conference title in 1953.

Later life and death

Widdoes moved to Lantana, Florida in 1970 and died in 1971 of a heart attack at the age of 67.

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs AP#
Ohio State Buckeyes (Big Ten Conference) (1944–1945)
1944 Ohio State 9–06–01st2
1945 Ohio State 7–25–23rd12
Ohio State: 16–211–2
Ohio Bobcats (Mid-American Conference) (1949–1957)
1949 Ohio 4–4–12–2–13rd
1950 Ohio 6–42–23rd
1951 Ohio 5–4–12–24th
1952 Ohio 6–2–15–23rd
1953 Ohio 6–2–15–0–11st
1954 Ohio 6–35–22nd
1955 Ohio 5–43–34th
1956 Ohio 2–72–4T–4th
1957 Ohio 2–6–11–4–1T–5th
Ohio: 42–36–527–21–3
Total:58–38–5
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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