Howard Fletcher

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1913–2001)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Howard Fletcher | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|3|13}} | birth_place = Streator, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|8|23|1913|3|13}} | death_place = Fort Myers, Florida, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1938–1939 | player_team1 = Northern Illinois State | player_positions = Tackle | coach_years1 = c. 1950 | coach_team1 = West Chicago HS (IL) | coach_years2 = 1952–1955 | coach_team2 = Walnut Hills HS (OH) | coach_years3 = 1956–1968 | coach_team3 = Northern Illinois State / Northern Illinois | overall_record = 74–48–1 (college) | bowl_record = 1–2 | tournament_record = | championships = 1 NCAA College Division (1963)<br/>3 IIAC (1963–1965) | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Howard W. Fletcher''' (March 13, 1913 – August 23, 2001) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the Northern Illinois University from 1956 to 1968, compiling a record of 74–48–1. Fletcher's Northern Illinois Huskies squad was named the NCAA College Division Champion by the Associated Press in 1963. He led the Huskies to three consecutive Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) championships, in 1963, 1964, and 1965. The Huskies also won the Mineral Water Bowl in 1963.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-08-25-0108250153-story.html|title=Howard Fletcher 1913-2001|work=Chicago Tribune|date=August 25, 2001|accessdate=January 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://northernstar.info/sports/niu-hall-of-fame-coach-passes-away/article_06f1c37a-1377-59ac-b42c-5fbe384b56a7.html|last=Rusnak|first=Frank|title=NIU Hall of Fame coach passes away|work=Northern Star|date=August 27, 2001|accessdate=January 24, 2019|archive-date=December 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215223438/https://northernstar.info/sports/niu-hall-of-fame-coach-passes-away/article_06f1c37a-1377-59ac-b42c-5fbe384b56a7.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Head coaching record== ===College=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Northern Illinois State / Northern Illinois Huskies | conf = Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | startyear = 1956 | endyear = 1965 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1956 | name = Northern Illinois State | overall = 1–8 | conference = 0–6 | confstanding = 7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1957 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 2–7 | conference = 1–5 | confstanding = 6th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1958 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 4–5 | conference = 2–4 | confstanding = T–5th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1959 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 7–2 | conference = 4–2 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1960 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 7–2 | conference = 4–2 | confstanding = 3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1961 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 4–4–1 | conference = 3–2–1 | confstanding = T–4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1962 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 8–2 | conference = 3–1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = Mineral Water | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = national | year = 1963 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 10–0 | conference = 4–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Mineral Water | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1964 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 7–2 | conference = 3–1 | confstanding = T–1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = 1965 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 9–1 | conference = 4–0 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Mineral Water | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Northern Illinois Huskies | conf = NCAA College Division independent | startyear = 1966 | endyear = 1968 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1966 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 8–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1967 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 5–5 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1968 | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 2–8 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Northern Illinois | overall = 74–48–1 | confrecord = 28–21–1 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 74–48–1 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = }}

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