Frank Winters was a former high school and college basketball and football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 coach in the state of Illinois

Illinois

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Rockford Central High School

Winters began coaching in 1915 at Rockford Central High School

Rockford Central High School

Rockford Central High School is a defunct school in the city of Rockford, Illinois. Rockford, the second largest city in the Land of Lincoln, established a central location for all students to attend high school in 1885...

. While at Rockford, Winters' basketball teams compiled 95 wins while suffering only 12 losses. During the 1918-19 season, Winters guided his team to an I.H.S.A. state championship with a 39 - 20 victory over Springfield High School. During this same time frame, Winters also coached Rockford's football team. Between 1914 and 1919, his teams won 39 games, lost 12 while tying 3. Rockford joined the Big 7 conference in 1917, with Rockford winning the football title the same year.

University of Illinois

In 1920, Winters departed Rockford and became the head coach of the University of Illinois. During his two-year stint as coach of the Fighting Illini, he had a 25-12 record.

Basketball

Season	Team	Season Record	Postseason
1915-16	Rockford Central (H.S) Rockford Central High School Rockford Central High School is a defunct school in the city of Rockford, Illinois. Rockford, the second largest city in the Land of Lincoln, established a central location for all students to attend high school in 1885...	19-2	Elite Eight
1916-17	Rockford Central (H.S)	19-2	Sweet 16
1917-18	Rockford Central (H.S)	19-2	Sweet 16
1918-19	Rockford Central (H.S)	23-1	State Champs Illinois high school boys basketball championship The Illinois High School Boys Basketball Championship is a single elimination tournament held each spring. It is organized by the Illinois High School Association ....
1919-20	Rockford Central (H.S)	15-5	Sweet 16
Total	Rockford Central (H.S.)	95-12	0.887

Football

Season	Team	Season Record
1914	Rockford Central (H.S) Rockford Central High School Rockford Central High School is a defunct school in the city of Rockford, Illinois. Rockford, the second largest city in the Land of Lincoln, established a central location for all students to attend high school in 1885...	5-5
1915	Rockford Central (H.S)	7-1-1
1916	Rockford Central (H.S)	7-3-1
1917	Rockford Central (H.S)	9-1
1918	Rockford Central (H.S)	3-0-1
1919	Rockford Central (H.S)	8-2
Total	Rockford Central (H.S.)	39-12-3

Basketball

Season	Team	Season Record	Conf. Record	Place
1920-21	Illinois Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball The Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Big Ten Conference. Home games are played at Assembly Hall, located on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's campus in Champaign....	11-7	7-5	T-4th
1921-22	Illinois	14-5	7-5	T-4th
Total	Illinois	25-12	14-10