:Nelson Nitchman
{{Short description|American sports coach (1908–1991)}}
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| name = Nelson Nitchman
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|12|21}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|3|4|1908|12|21}}
| death_place = Waterford, Connecticut, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1936–1940
| coach_team2 = Union (NY)
| coach_years3 = 1941
| coach_team3 = Colby
| coach_years4 = 1942
| coach_team4 = Coast Guard (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1946–1958
| coach_team5 = Coast Guard
| coach_sport6 = Basketball
| coach_years7 = 1933–1941
| coach_team7 = Union (NY)
| coach_years8 = 1942–1954
| coach_team8 = Coast Guard
| overall_record = 70–60–9 (football)
130–146 (basketball)
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Nelson Wallace "Nels" Nitchman (December 21, 1908 – March 4, 1991) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Union College in Schenectady, New York, from 1936 to 1940, at Colby College in 1941, and at the United States Coast Guard Academy from 1946 to 1958. Nitchman was also the head basketball coach at Union from 1933 to 1941 and at the Coast Guard Academy from 1942 to 1954, tallying a career college basketball mark of 130–146.
Coaching career
Nitchman was the head football coach at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. He held that position for 13 seasons, from 1946 until 1958. His coaching record at Coast Guard was 45–43–5.{{Cite web
|last = DeLassus
|first = David
|title = United States Coast Guard Academy Coaching Records
|publisher = College Football Data Warehouse
|url = http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/nefc/coast_guard/coaching_records.php
|accessdate = January 25, 2011
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101120212930/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/nefc/coast_guard/coaching_records.php
|archive-date = November 20, 2010
}}
Death
Head coaching record
=Football=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Union Dutchmen
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1936
| endyear = 1940
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1936
| name = Union
| overall = 4–4
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| championship =
| year = 1937
| name = Union
| overall = 4–3–1
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| year = 1938
| name = Union
| overall = 3–3–1
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| year = 1939
| name = Union
| overall = 7–0–1
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| name = Union
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| name = Union
| overall = 21–15–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Colby Mules
| conf = Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1941
| endyear = single
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| year = 1941
| name = Colby
| overall = 4–2–1
| conference = 1–0–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Colby
| overall = 4–2–1
| confrecord = 1–0–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Coast Guard Cadets
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1946
| endyear = 1958
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| year = 1946
| name = Coast Guard
| overall = 3–5
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| year = 1947
| name = Coast Guard
| overall = 2–3–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1948
| name = Coast Guard
| overall = 4–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1949
| name = Coast Guard
| overall = 5–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1950
| name = Coast Guard
| overall = 3–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1951
| name = Coast Guard
| overall = 6–0–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1952
| name = Coast Guard
| overall = 5–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1953
| name = Coast Guard
| overall = 4–2–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1954
| name = Coast Guard
| overall = 3–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1955
| name = Coast Guard
| overall = 4–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1956
| name = Coast Guard
| overall = 2–5
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1957
| name = Coast Guard
| overall = 2–5
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1958
| name = Coast Guard
| overall = 2–4–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Coast Guard
| overall = 45–43–5
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 70–60–9
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
References
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