William "Dutch" Trautwein was an American former

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coach. He was a

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and

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player at

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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

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for football, basketball, and

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in 1928. He was named the Ohio Basketball

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in 1938 where he remained for 11 years. He compiled 136–90 record at Ohio. His

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team finished the season as the runner up in the 1941

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. 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

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used for Ohio baseball is named in his honor.

Head coaching record

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