Rip Van Winkle (coach)

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Rip Van Winkle

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|5|6}}

| birth_place = Oakley, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|1|6|1900|5|6}}

| death_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = {{Circa|1920}}

| player_team2 = Kentucky Wesleyan

| player_sport3 = Basketball

| player_years4 = c. 1920

| player_team4 = Kentucky Wesleyan

| player_sport5 = Baseball

| player_years6 = c. 1920

| player_team6 = Kentucky Wesleyan

| player_years7 = 1922

| player_team7 = Winchester Dodgers

| player_years8 = 1924

| player_team8 = Winchester Dodgers

| player_positions = Shortstop (baseball)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1927

| coach_team2 = Kentucky Wesleyan (freshmen)

| coach_years3 = 1928–1930

| coach_team3 = Kentucky Wesleyan

| coach_years4 = 1932–1936

| coach_team4 = Highlands HS (KY)

| coach_sport5 = Basketball

| coach_years6 = 1928–1932

| coach_team6 = Kentucky Wesleyan

| coach_years7 = 1937–1939

| coach_team7 = Cincinnati

| coach_years8 = 1939–1942

| coach_team8 = Miami (OH)

| coach_sport9 = Baseball

| coach_years10 = c. 1930

| coach_team10 = Kentucky Wesleyan

| coach_years11 = 1937–1938

| coach_team11 = Cincinnati

| admin_years1 = ?–1932

| admin_team1 = Kentucky Wesleyan

| overall_record = 13–11–3 (college football)

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Walter R. "Rip" Van Winkle (May 6, 1900 – January 6, 1994) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Kentucky Wesleyan College, when its campus was located in Winchester, Kentucky, from 1928 to 1930, compiling a record of 13–11–3. Van Winkle was also the head basketball coach, head baseball coach, and athletic director at Kentucky Wesleyan.

A native of London, Kentucky, Van Winkle played football, basketball, and baseball at Kentucky Wesleyan and Minor League Baseball with the Winchester Dodgers of the Blue Grass League. He left Kentucky Wesleyan in 1932 to become athletic director and head football coach at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.{{cite news |author= |title="Rip" On Way |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102622655/the-kentucky-post-and-times-star/ |newspaper=The Kentucky Post |location=Covington, Kentucky |date=August 25, 1932 | page=1 |access-date=May 26, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Van Winkle died on January 6, 1994, in Milwaukee.{{cite news |last=Hewlett |first=Jennifer |title=Walter Rip Van Winkle, longtime coach, dies at 93 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77757139/lexington-herald-leader/ |newspaper=Lexington Herald-Leader |location=Lexington, Kentucky |date=January 8, 1994 | page=B2 |access-date=May 26, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}