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Walter Rothensies

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Walter Rothensies
Biographical details
Alma materTrinity (1920)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1919–20Trinity
Head coaching record
Overall10–4

Walter J. "Shorty" Rothensies was an American basketball coach. He served as the head coach for the Trinity Blue and White (now the Duke Blue Devils) during the 1919–20 season, compiling a 10–4 record.

He went to school at Trinity from 1916 to 1917, before leaving to fight in World War I. Rothensies returned to finish his degree in the fall of 1919.[1]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Trinity Blue and White (Independent) (1919–1920)
1919–20 Trinity 10–4
Trinity: 10–4
Total: 10–4

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. ^ Roth, John (2006). The Encyclopedia of Duke Basketball. Duke University Press. pp. 306–307. ISBN 978-0-822-33904-5.
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