Dutch Trautwein

Dutch Trautwein

Biographical details
Alma mater	Wittenberg University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1928–1938	Ohio (assist.)
1938–1949	Ohio
Head coaching record
Overall	136–90

William "Dutch" Trautwein was an American former college basketball coach. He was a football and basketball player at Wittenberg where he is a member of the school's athletics hall of fame. He was an assistant football coach at Wittenberg for five years before joining the coaching staff at Ohio for football, basketball, and baseball in 1928. He was named the Ohio Basketball head coach in 1938 where he remained for 11 years. He compiled 136–90 record at Ohio. His 1941 team finished the season as the runner up in the 1941 NIT. Jim Snyder, Ohio's coaching wins leader, played basketball for Trautwien when Snyder was a player at Ohio and he was then an assistant under Trautwein from 1946 to 1949. The field at Bob Wren Stadium used for Ohio baseball is named in his honor.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Ohio Bobcats (Buckeye Athletic Association) (1938–1939)
1938–39	Ohio	12–8	4–4
Ohio Bobcats (Independent) (1939–1946)
1939–40	Ohio	19–6
1940–41	Ohio	18–4			NIT finals
1941–42	Ohio	12–9
1942–43	Ohio	11–7
1943–44	Ohio	9–7
1944–45	Ohio	11–8
1945–46	Ohio	15–5
Ohio Bobcats (Mid-American Conference) (1946–1949)
1946–47	Ohio	13–10	5–3	3rd
1947–48	Ohio	10–10	4–4	3rd
1948–49	Ohio	6–16	2–8	6th
Ohio:		136–90 (.602)	11–15 (.423)
Total:		136–90 (.602)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

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