:Pop Golden

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Pop Golden

| image = Pop Golden.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Golden pictured in La Vie 1920, Penn State yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1868|7|3}}

| birth_place = Athens, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|8|31|1868|7|3}}

| death_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1900–1902

| coach_team2 = Penn State

| coach_years3 = 1903–1909

| coach_team3 = Penn State (assistant)

| coach_sport4 = Baseball

| coach_years5 = 1903–1906

| coach_team5 = Penn State

| overall_record = 16–12–1 (football)
50–24–1 (baseball)

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}}

William Nelson "Pop" Golden (July 3, 1868 – August 31, 1949) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Pennsylvania State University from 1900 to 1902, compiling a record of 16–12–1. Golden was also the head baseball coach at Penn State from 1903 to 1906, tallying a mark of 50–24–1. He was born in 1868 in Athens, Ohio.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wH1MAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Golden%2C+William+Nelson%22 |title=General register of the members of ... - Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Phi Kappa Sigma, Robert James Pilgram - Google Books |via=Google Books|date=October 13, 2007 |accessdate=November 9, 2011|last1=Fraternity |first1=Phi Kappa Sigma }} He died after a brief illness in 1949.{{cite web|author=[ Displaying Abstract ] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/08/31/archives/w-n-golden.html |title=W. N. GOLDEN - Obituary - NYTimes.com |publisher=Select.nytimes.com |date=August 21, 1949 |accessdate=November 9, 2011}}