Elwin Wilburn "Wink" Midgett (December 31, 1911 – November 22, 1993) was an American college football and college basketball coach and an accounting professor. He served as the head football coach at Middle Tennessee State University from 1940 to 1946, compiling a record of 18–11–3. Midgett was also the head basketball coach at Middle Tennessee from 1939 to 1942, tallying a mark of 25–35. He was also a professor of accounting at the school.[1]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 31, 1911 Watertown, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | November 22, 1993 (aged 81) Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1930–1933 | Tennessee Tech |
| Basketball | |
| 1930–1934 | Tennessee Tech |
| Baseball | |
| 1931–1934 | Tennessee Tech |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1940–1946 | Middle Tennessee |
| Basketball | |
| 1939–1942 | Middle Tennessee |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 18–11–3 (football) 25–35 (basketball) |
Midgett was a standout three-sport athlete at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee.[2] He was born on December 31, 1911, in Watertown, Tennessee, to Edel Wilburn and Mattie Ellis Midgett.[3] He died on November 22, 1993, at his home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.[4]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennessee State Teachers Blue Raiders (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1940–1941) | |||||||||
| 1940 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers | 4–4 | 2–4 | T–19th | |||||
| 1941 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers | 4–3–1 | 2–3–1 | T–19th | |||||
| Middle Tennessee State Teachers / Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (Independent) (1942–1946) | |||||||||
| 1942 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers | 4–2–1 | |||||||
| 1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1944 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1945 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1946 | Middle Tennessee | 6–2–1 | |||||||
| Middle Tennessee State Teachers / Middle Tennessee: | 18–11–3 | 4–7–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 18–11–3 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "A Short History of Jennings A. Jones College of Business". Middle Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "TTU Hall of Fame". Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Midgett, Elwin Wilburn (Wink)". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. November 24, 1993. p. 4. Retrieved May 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Elwin W. Midgett". The Daily News Journal. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. November 23, 1993. p. 2. Retrieved May 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
