:Wix Garner

{{Short description|American sports coach and college athletics administrator}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Wix Garner

| image = CW Wix Garner.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Garner pictured in Sequel 1943, Western Illinois yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|1|29}}

| birth_place = DeKalb, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|2|5|1897|1|29}}

| death_place = Highlands County, Florida, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1920

| player_team2 = Northern Illinois

| player_sport3 = Basketball

| player_years4 = 1919–1921

| player_team4 = Northern Illinois

| player_sport5 = Baseball

| player_years6 = 1920

| player_team6 = Northern Illinois

| player_positions = Quarterback (football)
Outfielder (baseball)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1942–1943

| coach_team2 = Western Illinois

| coach_years3 = 1945–1947

| coach_team3 = Western Illinois

| coach_sport4 = Basketball

| coach_years5 = 1941–1942

| coach_team5 = Western Illinois

| coach_sport6 = Baseball

| coach_years7 = 1949–1955

| coach_team7 = Western Illinois

| admin_years1 = 1943–1945

| admin_team1 = Western Illinois

| overall_record = 13–21–4 (football)
4–7 (basketball)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = Football
1 IIAC (1942)

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Charles Wix Garner (January 29, 1897 – February 5, 1978){{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11065-89695-43?cc=1861144|publisher=Family Search|title=Charles Wix Garner registration card (scanned item)}}{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VVQL-7JK|publisher=Family Search|title=Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998: Charles Wix Garner, 1978}} was an American sports coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois for five seasons, from 1942 to 1943 and 1945 to 1947, compiling a record of 13–21–4.{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/gateway/western_illinois/coaching_records.php|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|title=Western Illinois Coaching Records|access-date=2008-01-04|archive-date=2008-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519114030/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/gateway/western_illinois/coaching_records.php|url-status=dead}}