William Nelson "Pop" Golden (July 3, 1868 – August 31, 1949) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvan ...

from 1900 to 1902, compiling a record of 16–12–1. Golden was also the head baseball coach at Penn State from 1903 to 1906, tallying a mark of 50–24–1. He was born in 1868 in

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. He died after a brief illness in 1949.

Head coaching record

Football

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* 1868 births 1949 deaths Penn State Nittany Lions athletic directors Penn State Nittany Lions baseball coaches Penn State Nittany Lions football coaches People from Athens, Ohio {{1900s-collegefootball-coach-stub