Bill Collins (American football coach)
William Newton Collins (born May 21, 1894) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator.[1] He served as the head football coach at Missouri Wesleyan College in Cameron, Missouri from 1923 to 1925 and William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri from 1927 to 1932.[2] Collins was also the head basketball coach at William Jewell from 1928 to 1933, tallying a mark of 50–35.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 21, 1894 Lathrop, Missouri |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1916–1919 | Missouri |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1920 | Missouri (freshmen) |
| 1921–1922 | Liberty HS (MO) |
| 1923–1925 | Missouri Wesleyan |
| 1926 | William Jewell (assistant) |
| 1927–1932 | William Jewell |
| Basketball | |
| 1928–1933 | William Jewell |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1923–? | Missouri Wesleyan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 33–30–11 (college football) 50–35 (college basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 MCAC (1925) | |
Collins played college football as a halfback at the University of Missouri from 1916 to 1919. In 1920, he coached Missouri's freshman football team. The following year, Collins was the football coach at Liberty High School in Liberty.[3] After two years at Liberty High School, Collins was appointed athletic director and head football coach at Missouri Wesleyan, succeeding Earl A. Davis.[4]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Wesleyan Owls (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1923) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Missouri Wesleyan | 5–0 | 5–0 | ||||||
| Missouri Wesleyan Owls (Missouri College Athletic Union) (1924–1925) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Missouri Wesleyan | 6–2 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1925 | Missouri Wesleyan | 6–2 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| Missouri Wesleyan: | 17–4 | 15–1 | |||||||
| William Jewell Cardinals (Missouri College Athletic Union) (1927–1932) | |||||||||
| 1927 | William Jewell | 4–4 | 3–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1928 | William Jewell | 3–5–1 | 2–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1929 | William Jewell | 4–3–1 | 1–2–1 | T–5th | |||||
| 1930 | William Jewell | 2–5–1 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1931 | William Jewell | 2–3–4 | 0–1–3 | T–5th | |||||
| 1932 | William Jewell | 1–6 | 1–3 | T–5th | |||||
| William Jewell: | 16–26–7 | 9–24–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 33–30–11 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- Cardinal is Her Color (PDF). William Jewell. 1999. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
- "Tough Scramble Expected". The Columbia Evening Missourian. Columbia, Missouri. October 5, 1921. p. 15. Retrieved October 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
. - "Collins Will Take Charge At Wesleyan". Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune. Chillicothe, Missouri. August 7, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved October 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .