&sq=&lang=&file=File:William_F._Lange.png) Lange pictured in Yackety Yack 1943, North Carolina yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 16, 1897 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | June 22, 1953 (aged 56) Wadsworth, Ohio, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| c. 1920 | Wittenberg |
| Basketball | |
| c. 1920 | Wittenberg |
| Position(s) | Tackle (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1923–1935 | Muskingum |
| 1936–1943 | North Carolina (assistant) |
| 1944 | Kenyon |
| Basketball | |
| 1923–1936 | Muskingum |
| 1939–1944 | North Carolina |
| 1944–1945 | Kenyon |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1923–1936 | Muskingum |
| 1944–1945 | Kenyon |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 71–35–6 (football) 219–144 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 5 OAC (1926–1927, 1929–1931) Basketball 3 OAC regular season (1926–1928) 2 SoCon regular season (1941, 1944) 1 SoCon tournament (1940) | |
William Fisher Lange (February 16, 1897 – June 22, 1953) was an American basketball and football player and coach. He played college football and basketball for Wittenberg College from 1918 to 1921. During the 1922–23 season, he coached the Cleveland Rosenblums, an early professional basketball team that was known at the time as "the fastest basket ball aggregation in this part of the country."[1] From 1923 to 1936, he was the athletic director and head football and basketball coach at Muskingum College in Ohio. He was best known for being the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team from 1939 through 1944.