Robert H. "Bob" Winstead

June 15, 1928 - November 11, 2019

Robert H. “Bob” Winstead, 91, of Jacksonville passed away Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Passavant Area Hospital. He was born, June 15, 1928, in Jacksonville, the son of Jack and Mamie Hayden Winstead. He married Audrey Belle Yelm, July 26, 1950. Surviving is wife, Audrey Winstead of Jacksonville; children, Pam (Dennis) Taylor of Jacksonville and Bruce (Lynn) Winstead of Newport Beach, CA; grandchildren, Rob (Mandy) Taylor, Bryan (Molly) Taylor, Matthew Winstead and Katie Winstead and great grandchildren, Ayedin, Isaac and Maddox Taylor and Molly and Emma Jane Houchins. He was preceded in death by sisters, Roberta Taylor and Jo Ann Frame. Bob was a long-time retired area football, basketball and baseball coach. His coaching career took him from Routt Catholic High School, to Rushville, to Champaign Centennial, to Camp Point Central, to Rushville High School, to Virginia High School and ending at Quincy Notre Dame. After his retirement, volunteered at Routt High School and New Berlin High School football programs. Bob coached at Routt High School from 1956-1960. His teams went 28-13. His team in 1958 went 8-1. He was at Camp Central from 1970-1972 and rebuilt a struggling football program. Bob moved to Virginia in 1977, where he coached through 1982, posting a record of 33-23. The Virginia Redbirds made football playoffs twice under Coach Winstead. His team was 11-8 in two years at Quincy Notre Dame, taking them to the football playoffs. He also coached baseball, taking them to the baseball playoff and making it to the final four. While at Rushville, he won 75 games over 4 years as a basketball coach. He claimed 17 wins in baseball while at Champaign Centennial. After returning from the military, he played quarterback at Illinois College at the age of 26. He also played baseball and basketball at IC, where he was the captain of the football and baseball teams. Bob was inducted into Illinois College Hall of Fame and Illinois football coach’s Hall of Fame. A service of remembrance will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, at the Daws Family Funeral Home in South Jacksonville followed by a committal service in Diamond Grove Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Routt Catholic High School Athletics Department.