Duke Nelson

Duke Nelson
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1907-04-26)April 26, 1907
Died	October 22, 1989(1989-10-22) (aged 82)
Alma mater	Middlebury College^[1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1939–1941	RPI
1946–1968	Middlebury
Head coaching record
Overall	98–81–12
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2× Vermont State Conference Champions

Walter J. "Duke" Nelson (April 26, 1907 – October 22, 1989) was the head football coach for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Engineers and Middlebury College Panthers football teams. He coached RPI from 1939 to 1941 and Middlebury from 1946 to 1968. Nelson's overall coaching record is 98–81–12, including back-to-back Vermont State Conference championships in 1948 and 1949 while coaching the Panthers.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Standing
RPI Engineers (Independent) (1939–1941)
1939	RPI	4–2–1
1940	RPI	7–1
1941	RPI	4–3
RPI:		15–6–2
Middlebury Panthers (Independent) (1946–1947)
1946	Middlebury	2–4–1
1947	Middlebury	6–1–1
Middlebury Panthers (Vermont State Conference) (1948–1950)
1948	Middlebury	7–1	1st (tied)
1949	Middlebury	4–2–1	1st
1950	Middlebury	3–4–1
Middlebury Panthers (Independent) (1951–1962)
1951	Middlebury	4–4
1952	Middlebury	2–5
1953	Middlebury	2–5
1954	Middlebury	4–2–1
1955	Middlebury	3–4
1956	Middlebury	4–3
1957	Middlebury	5–2
1958	Middlebury	4–3
1959	Middlebury	5–1–1
1960	Middlebury	5–1–1
1961	Middlebury	5–1–1
1962	Middlebury	5–2
Middlebury Panthers (Green Mountain Conference) (1963)
1963	Middlebury	2–5
Middlebury Panthers (Independent) (1964–1968)
1964	Middlebury	3–3–1
1965	Middlebury	2–5
1966	Middlebury	3–5
1967	Middlebury	2–6
1968	Middlebury	1–6–1
Middlebury:		83–75–10
Total:		98–81–12
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

References

External links

Duke Nelson at the College Football Data Warehouse

Union Dutchmen ice hockey

Formerly the Union Skating Dutchmen

Playing venues	Achilles Rink (1975–present)

Head coaches	Ambrose Clark (1919–1920, 1921–1924) Henry Gardner (1924–1925) H. A. Larrabee (1925–1930) William Harkness (1930–1933) H. L. Achilles (1933–1935) Art Lawrence (1935–1936, 1940–1942, 1947–1949) Duke Nelson (1936–1940) Ned Harkness (1975–1977) Bob Driscoll (1978) Charles Morrison (1978–1988) Bruce Delventhal (1988–1996) Stan Moore (1996–1998) Kevin Sneddon (1998–2003) Nate Leaman (2003–2011) Rick Bennett (2011–present)

Seasons	2013–14

Conference affiliations	ECAC West (1975–1991) ECAC Hockey (1991–present)

Rivalries	RPI Engineers

National championships	2014

Frozen Four appearances	2012 2014

NCAA Tournament appearances	2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference Tournament champions	ECAC: 2012 2013 2014

Union College Schenectady, NY

RPI Engineers head football coaches

No coach (1886)
No team (1887–1888)
No coach (1889)
No team (1890–1891)
No coach (1892–1906)
Elder (1907)
William Geiger (1908–1909)
H. R. Bankart (1910)
John Inglis (1911–1913)
Frank Gargan (1914)
A. J. Sturzenegger (1915)
Jack Reed (1916–1919)
Paul Graham (1920–1926)
Glenn Killinger (1927–1931)
Henry W. Krumpf (1932–1938)
Duke Nelson (1939–1941)
Paul Graham (1942–1945)
Edward A. Jontos (1946–1952)
Nick Skorich (1953)
John Coons (1954)
Richard S. Lyon (1955–1957)
Ed Hoffman (1958–1962)
Richard Riendeau (1963–1972)
Dave White (1973–1981)
Bob Ducatte (1982–1983)
Kevin Earl (1984–1988)
Joe King (1989–2010)
Tim Landis (2011)
Bob Bodor (2012)
Ralph Isernia (2013– )

Middlebury Panthers head football coaches

Unknown (1893–1894)
No team (1895)
Unknown (1896–1906)
David Austin (1907–1908)
Arthur J. Pierce (1909)
P. J. Keefe (1910–1912)
Frank Bergen (1913)
Joseph A. Francis (1914)
Edwin N. Holmes (1915–1917)
Arthur M. Brown (1918–1920)
Dave Morey (1921–1924)
Marshall Klevenow (1925–1927)
Ben Beck (1928–1941)
Samuel Guarnaccia (1942)
No team (1943)
P. J. Dranginis & C. W. Laird (1944)
Arthur M. Brown (1945)
Duke Nelson (1946–1968)
John W. Anderson (1969–1972)
Mickey Heinecken (1973–2000)
Bob Ritter (2001– )

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