Nelson Nitchman, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Nelson Nitchman

American football coach

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1908

Date of Death: 04-Mar-1991

Profession: basketball coach, baseball player

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Nelson Wallace "Nels" Nitchman (December 21, 1908 – March 4, 1991) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.
He served as the head football coach at Union College in Schenectady, New York from 1936 to 1940, at Colby College in 1941, and at the United States Coast Guard Academy from 1946 to 1958.
Nitchman was also the head basketball coach at Union from 1933 to 1941 and at the Coast Guard Academy from 1942 to 1954, tallying a career college basketball mark of 130–146.