December 31, 1962(1962-12-31) (aged 64) Sherman, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1917–1919
Southwestern (TX)
Position(s)
Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919
Beaumont HS (TX)
1921–1922
Terrill Prep (TX)
1923–1927
Austin
1930–1940
Texas Tech
1942
Alabama (line)
1943–1944
Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers
1945–1946
Detroit Lions (assistant)
Basketball
1920–1921
Rice
1923–1927
Austin
Baseball
1920–1921
Rice
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1930–1940
Texas Tech
1952–1953
Alabama
Head coaching record
Overall
98–50–10 (college football) 2–18 (NFL)
Bowls
0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 TIAA (1923) 1 Border (1937)
Peter Willis Cawthon (March 24, 1898 – December 31, 1962) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Austin College from 1923 to 1927 and at Texas Technological College—now Texas Tech University—from 1930 to 1940, compiling a career college football coaching record of 99–52–10. Cawthon was the head coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1942 to 1943. He served as the athletic director at Texas Tech from 1930 to 1941 and the University of Alabama from 1952 to 1953.
Allen Anderson (June 12, 2010). "Cawthon, Peter Willis". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved June 12, 2015. "PeteCawthon Dead At 64". Daytona Beach Morning...
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Five coaches have won conference championships with the Red Raiders: PeteCawthon, Dell Morgan, DeWitt Weaver, Steve Sloan, and Spike Dykes. Mike Leach...
"Red Raiders", the nickname the team has had ever since. The same year, PeteCawthon, Texas Tech's third head coach, led the team to their first conference...
"Tuberville named to coach Red Raiders". ESPN. January 9, 2010. Harland, C. W. "Pete" (March 20, 2011). "Tuberville wasn't first coach to win bowl in first Tech...
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(1917–1919) Leslie Mann (1919–1920) PeteCawthon (1920–1921) Howard Yerges Sr. (1921–1922) Philip Arbuckle (1922–1923) PeteCawthon (1923–1924) John Nicholson...
w/ $200K raise each year through 2020" (Tweet) – via Twitter. Christy, Pete (December 13, 2012). "Kliff Kingsbury hired as new Texas Tech football coach"...
and guard for the Chicago Cardinals and Green Bay Packers (1945–1946) PeteCawthon – Head football coach and athletic director of the Texas Tech Red Raiders...
(1917–1919) Leslie Mann (1919–1920) PeteCawthon (1920–1921) Howard Yerges Sr. (1921–1922) Philip Arbuckle (1922–1923) PeteCawthon (1923–1924) John Nicholson...
football coaches Ewing Y. Freeland (1925–1928) Grady Higginbotham (1929) PeteCawthon (1930–1940) Dell Morgan (1941–1950) DeWitt Weaver (1951–1960) J. T. King...
Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 14, 2011. "PeteCawthon Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports...
head baseball coaches Philip Arbuckle (1912–1917) Jack Coombs (1918) PeteCawthon (1920–1921) Bob Countryman (1922–1923) Mike O'Neill (1924) Joe Bedenk...
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