[2][3] Whitaker retired from coaching after the 1922 season, citing the physical toll that the stress of defeats took on him and also his desire to return to the work he most enjoyed—directing the university's intramural sports program, which he would do until 1960.

[3][4] The UT intramural fields were named in Whitaker's honor following their relocation and expansion in 1967.

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