Bill Collins (American football)

Bill Collins
Biographical details
Born(1894-05-21)May 21, 1894
Lathrop, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1916–1919Missouri
Position(s)Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920Missouri (freshmen)
1921–1922Liberty HS (MO)
1923–1925Missouri Wesleyan
1926William Jewell (assistant)
1927–1932William Jewell
Basketball
1928–1933William Jewell
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1923–?Missouri Wesleyan
Head coaching record
Overall33–30–11 (college football)
50–35 (college basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 MCAC (1925)

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.

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]

  1. ^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  2. ^ Cardinal is Her Color (PDF). William Jewell. 1999. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  3. ^ "Tough Scramble Expected". The Columbia Evening Missourian. Columbia, Missouri. October 5, 1921. p. 15. Retrieved October 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Collins Will Take Charge At Wesleyan". Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune. Chillicothe, Missouri. August 7, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved October 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.