Chris Winter (American football)
Chris Winter is an American college football coach. He was named the head football coach in 2021 at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, after serving as an assistant since under former head football coach Rick Willis.[1] In just his second year at the helm of Wartburg Knights, he lead them to a program record 13 wins and to the first NCAA Division III Semifinal appearance in school history.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Wartburg |
| Conference | ARC |
| Record | 20–4 |
| Biographical details | |
| Alma mater | Wartburg |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 2001–2004 | Wartburg |
| Baseball | |
| 2001–2004 | Wartburg |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver (football) Third baseman (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004–2010 | Wartburg (assistant) |
| 2011–2021 | Wartburg (DC) |
| 2021–present | Wartburg |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 20–4 |
| Tournaments | 3–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| ARC (2022) | |
| Awards | |
| ARC Coach of the Year (2022), D3Football.com National Coach of the Year (2022) | |
Winter was born in New Hampton, Iowa. He attended Wartburg, where he played football and baseball, earning all-conference honors in both sports.[2] He was named to the Wartburg College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.[3] Following the 2022 season, Chris Winter was named the D3football.com National football coach of the year.[4]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AFCA# | D3° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wartburg Knights (American Rivers Conference) (2021–present) | |||||||||
| 2021 | Wartburg | 7–3 | 6–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 2022 | Wartburg | 13–1 | 8–0 | 1st | NCAA Division III Semifinal | 4 | 3 | ||
| Wartburg: | 20–4 | 14–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 20–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
Further reading
- Nelson, Jim (September 11, 2004). "Another Great Catch". The Courier. p. 51 – via Newspapers.com.
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