William McAvoy

William McAvoy

McAvoy pictured in The Blue Hen 1913, Delaware yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1884-10-16)October 16, 1884 Hazleton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	September 17, 1956(1956-09-17) (aged 71) Burlington County, New Jersey, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1902–1903	Bloomsburg Normal
1904–1906	Lafayette
Baseball
1903–1904	Bloomsburg Normal
1905–1907	Lafayette
1908	Rochester Bronchos
1909	Syracuse Stars
1910	Reading Pretzels
1910	Northampton Meadowlarks
Position(s)	Fullback (football) Left fielder (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1908–1916	Delaware
1920–1921	Drexel
1922–1924	Delaware
1925–1927	Vermont
Basketball
1909–1918	Delaware
1919–1920	Lafayette
1920–1922	Drexel
1922–1925	Delaware
1925–1928	Vermont
1928–1929	Haverford
Baseball
1909–1914	Delaware
1923–1925	Delaware
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1908–1917	Delaware
1922–1925	Delaware
Head coaching record
Overall	52–70–14 (football) 108–137 (basketball) 36–77–3 (baseball)

William James McAvoy (October 16, 1884 – September 17, 1956) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Delaware (1908–1916, 1922–1924), Drexel University (1920–1921), and the University of Vermont (1925–1927), compiling a career college football head coaching record of 52–70–14.

A native of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, McAvoy attended Lafayette College, where he played football as a fullback and baseball as a left fielder. In the fall of 1906, he was elected captain of the 1907 Lafayette football team, but did not return to school the following year, instead going into business.^[1][2] In 1908, he played as a left fielder for the Rochester Bronchos of the Eastern League.^[3]