William "Dutch" Trautwein was an American former college basketball coach.
He was a football and basketball player at Wittenberg where he is a member of the school's athletics hall of fame.
[2] He was named the Ohio Basketball head coach in 1938 where he remained for 11 years.
Jim Snyder, Ohio's coaching wins leader, played basketball for Trautwien when Snyder was a player at Ohio and he was then an assistant under Trautwein from 1946 to 1949.
[4] The field at Bob Wren Stadium used for Ohio baseball is named in his honor.