{{for|his son|DeWitt Weaver (golfer)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox college coach | name = DeWitt Weaver | image = DeWitt Weaver 1955.jpg | alt = | caption = Weaver (left) in 1955 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|5|11}} | birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|1|19|1912|5|11}} | death_place = Daphne, Alabama, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1934–1936 | player_team1 = Tennessee | player_positions = Guard | coach_years1 = 1938–1941 | coach_team1 = Centre (line) | coach_years2 = 1946–1948 | coach_team2 = Mississippi State (line) | coach_years3 = 1949–1950 | coach_team3 = Tulsa (assistant) | coach_years4 = 1951–1960 | coach_team4 = Texas Tech | admin_years1 = 1952–1960 | admin_team1 = Texas Tech | overall_record = 49–51–5 | bowl_record = 2–1 | tournament_record = | championships = 4 Border (1951, 1953–1955) | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''DeWitt Thompson Weaver Sr.''' (May 11, 1912 – January 19, 1998) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders from 1951 to 1960.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/012198/1d5obit_.html |title=DeWitt Thompson Weaver dies, 01/21/98 | Jacksonville.com |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-date=January 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106082248/http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/012198/1d5obit_.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He was the first head football coach at Texas Tech to win a bowl game during his first season—an accomplishment unmatched at Texas Tech until Tommy Tuberville's first season, in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |first = C. W. "Pete" |last = Harland |date = March 20, 2011 |url = http://lubbockonline.com/editorials-letters/2011-03-20/letter-tuberville-wasnt-first-coach-win-bowl-first-tech-year |title = Tuberville wasn't first coach to win bowl in first Tech year |newspaper = Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |page = A12 |accessdate = March 27, 2011 }} In Weaver's first season the Texas Tech Red Raiders defeated the Tigers of the University of the Pacific in the Sun Bowl on New Year's Day 1952. The score was 25 to 14.</ref>
In 1955, he became the first college coach to defeat the Texas Longhorns in a season-opener in Austin.<ref name=Bio>{{cite web |title=Traditions: Texas Tech Hall of Honor (Last name U-Z) |publisher=Texas Tech Athletics |url=http://texastech.cstv.com/trads/hoh-uz.html |accessdate=November 1, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217120918/http://texastech.cstv.com/trads/hoh-uz.html |archivedate=February 17, 2009 }}</ref> He amassed a 49–51–5 record.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hyman |first=Mervin |title=Football's 11th Week |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=December 5, 1960 |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1960/12/05/footballs-11th-week/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718010305/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1072092/index.htm |url-status=live |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |access-date=November 1, 2008 }}</ref>
From 1952 to 1960, he also served as the athletic director at Texas Technological College, as Texas Tech University was then known.<ref name=Bio />
His son, DeWitt Jr., was a professional golfer who won twice on the PGA Tour.<ref>{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Don|title=Weaver returns to West Texas roots at tourney|work=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal|date=July 31, 2004|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/073104/gen_-1279534608.shtml|accessdate=November 1, 2008}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = both }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Texas Tech Red Raiders | conf = Border Conference | startyear = 1951 | endyear = 1955 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1951 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 7–4 | conference = 4–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Sun | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1952 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 3–7–1 | conference = 2–1–1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1953 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 11–1 | conference = 5–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Gator | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = 12 | ranking2 = 12 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1954 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 7–2–1 | conference = 4–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1955 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 7–3–1 | conference = 3–0–1 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Sun | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Texas Tech Red Raiders | conf = Independent | startyear = 1956 | endyear = 1959 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1956 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 2–7–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1957 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 2–8 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1958 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 3–7 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1959 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 4–6 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Texas Tech Red Raiders | conf = Southwest Conference | startyear = 1960 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1960 | name = Texas Tech | overall = 3–6–1 | conference = 1–5–1 | confstanding = 6th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Texas Tech | overall = 49–51–5 | confrecord = 19–6–3 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 49–51–5 | bowls = no | poll = two | polltype = }}
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