Frank Potts (coach)

Frank Calhoun Potts was an American college football player, track and field athlete, and coach of American football, cross country, and track. He served as the head cross country and track coach of the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1927 to 1968. Potts also coached the Colorado Buffaloes football team in 1940, 1944, and 1945, compiling a record of 16–8–1.
A native of Ada, Oklahoma, Potts attended the University of Oklahoma, where he played college football as a halfback, on the basketball team, and competed in track as a pole vaulter. Potts vaulted 3.76 meters to win the pole vault at the 1925 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in a five-way tie. He was captain of the track team in 1927.
After graduating from Oklahoma in 1927, Potts went to Colorado as head track coach and assistant football coach.
Potts died on May 26, 1990, at Boulder Manor Heather Care Center in Boulder, Colorado.