P. E. Shotwell

{{Short description|American football coach}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = P. E. Shotwell

| image = P. E. Shotwell.png

| alt =

| caption = Shotwell pictured in The Bronco 1925, Hardin-Simmons yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|8|17}}

| birth_place = Canyon, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|2|8|1893|8|17}}

| death_place = Abilene, Texas, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1916–1917

| coach_team2 = Cisco HS (TX)

| coach_years3 = 1918–1923

| coach_team3 = Abilene HS (TX)

| coach_years4 = 1924–1925

| coach_team4 = Simmons (TX)

| coach_years5 = 1926

| coach_team5 = Sul Ross

| coach_years6 = 1927–1934

| coach_team6 = Breckenridge HS (TX)

| coach_years7 = 1935–1945

| coach_team7 = Longview HS (TX)

| coach_years8 = 1946–1952

| coach_team8 = Abilene HS (TX)

| coach_sport9 = Baseball

| coach_years10 = 1925–1926

| coach_team10 = Simmons (TX)

| admin_years1 = 1956–1969

| admin_team1 = McMurry

| overall_record = 14–10–1 (college football)
255–92–18 (high school football)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards = National High School Hall of Fame (1971)
Texas Sports Hall of Fame (1971)

| coaching_records =

}}

Prince Elmer "Pete" Shotwell (August 17, 1893 – February 8, 1978){{Cite web |title=Birth Information: Residents of this County in 1917-18 and Persons with Links to this County |url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/randall/vitals/births/randal.txt |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=US Gen Web Archives}} was an American football coach.

Shotwell was a 1916 graduate of Texas State University. He began coaching at Cisco High School in 1916 and later moved to Abilene High School. His 1923 Abilene Eagles team won all of its 12 games as well as the state championship in one of the strongest defense performances ever, allowing only one touchdown by an opponent during the whole season. After a short stint in the collegiate ranks at Hardin–Simmons University, Shotwell coached at Breckenridge High School, where he won a state championship in 1929. After winning another one at Longview High School in 1937 (the only in school history to date), he returned to Abilene, where he retired in 1952. His overall high school record stands 255–92–18. Shotwell also served as athletic director at McMurry College—now known as McMurry University–from 1956 to 1969.{{Cite book |url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth86186/m1/15/ |title=Bulletin of McMurry College, 1960-1961 |date=May 1960 |publisher=McMurry College |pages=15 |access-date=2024-11-21}}

Shotwell has been honored by the Texas Sports Writers Association, the Texas High School Coaches Association, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1971. The originally named "Public Schools Stadium", the 15,000+ seat venue built in 1959 that serves as home stadium for Abilene HS and Abilene Cooper HS, was renamed “Shotwell Stadium” in his honor.