Biographical details | |
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Born | Sullivan County, Indiana, U.S. | August 8, 1892
Died | July 14, 1973 Muncie, Indiana, U.S. | (aged 80)
Alma mater | Indiana State |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1924–1925 | Muncie State |
Basketball | |
1922–1925 | Muncie State |
Baseball | |
1922–1926 | Muncie State |
1928–1958 | Ball Teachers / Ball State |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1921–1958 | Muncie State / Ball Teachers / Ball State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 3–8 (football) 36–34–1 (basketball) 207–228–4 (baseball) |
Paul Beauchamp "Billy" Williams (August 8, 1892 – July 14, 1973) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Muncie State Normal School—now known as Ball State University from 1924 to 1925, compiling a record of 3–8. He was the Ball Teachers College's head basketball from 1922 to 1925, tallying a mark of 36–34–1, and the school's head baseball coach from 1922 to 1926 and from 1928 to 1958, amassing a record of 207–228–4. In addition, Williams served as the school's athletic director from 1921 until 1958. He died on July 14, 1973, at a nursing home in Muncie, Indiana.[1]