H. W. Withers

{{Infobox college coach

| name = H. W. Withers

| image = HWWithers.png

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| caption = Withers's senior portrait at Washington & Lee in The Calyx 1906 yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|9|10}}

| birth_place = Abingdon, Virginia, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|6|15|1884|9|10}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MEUbAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Henry+Wilson+Withers,+who+was+born+at+Abingdon,+Virginia+on+10+September+1884+and+died+at+Abingdon+on+15+June+1949.+He+was+educated+at+Washington+and+Lee+University+where+he+was******%22|title=Sarah Harper and Her Descendents, the Terrys: Their Royal and Colonial Ancestry|last1=Boland|first1=Micajah|year=1958}}

| death_place = Abingdon, Virginia, U.S.

| alma_mater = Washington & Lee University (1906){{cite web | url=https://archive.org/stream/calyx1906wash#page/70/mode/1up | title=Calyx | year=1906 | publisher=Washington and Lee University }}

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1906

| coach_team2 = William & Mary

| coach_sport3 = Basketball

| coach_years4 = 1906–1907

| coach_team4 = William & Mary

| admin_years1 = 1906–1907

| admin_team1 = William & Mary

| overall_record = 2–6 (football)
1–4 (basketball)

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Henry Wilson Withers (September 10, 1884 – June 15, 1949) was an American gymnast{{Cite journal | url=https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/bitstream/handle/10288/13529/bulletinofcolleg13coll.pdf?sequence=1#page=20 | title=GYMNASIUM AND ATHLETIC FIELD | journal=Bulletin of the College of William and Mary | volume=1 | issue=3 | page=20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427145102/https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/bitstream/handle/10288/13529/bulletinofcolleg13coll.pdf?sequence=1#page=20 | archive-date=2014-04-27 }} who was the head coach of the William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team in 1906–07.[http://www.tribeathletics.com/story.php/6213/ William & Mary men's basketball history - Media Guide 2007-08] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511145330/http://www.tribeathletics.com/story.php/6213/ |date=2008-05-11 }}. Accessed March 24, 2008. He led the team to a 1–4 record, the exact opposite of their inaugural 4–1 campaign.

File:H W Withers - Wm and Mary.jpg

Withers was also William & Mary's head football coach in 1906, finishing 2–6.[http://www.tribeathletics.com/files/fb/2007/mg/history-lr.pdf William & Mary football history - Media Guide 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706135841/http://www.tribeathletics.com/files/fb/2007/mg/history-lr.pdf |date=2008-07-06 }}, page 22. Accessed March 26, 2008.

Withers died of a heart attack in 1949. At the time of his death, he was working as a hardware merchant in Abingdon."Henry W. Withers", Kingsport News, June 17, 1949, Kingsport, Tennessee