Biographical details | |
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Born | (1935-05-30)May 30, 1935 Sandusky, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | May 25, 2018(2018-05-25) (aged 82) Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1955β1956 | Miami (OH) |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1960β1964 | Bowling Green (assistant) |
1965 | Yale (assistant) |
1966β1968 | Ohio State (assistant) |
1969β1973 | Miami (OH) |
1974β1978 | Colorado |
1980β1983 | Northern Illinois |
1984β1996 | Indiana |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 168β129β4 |
Bowls | 4β6 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 MAC (1973, 1983) 1 Big Eight (1976) | |
Awards | |
2Γ MAC Coach of theββYear (1973, 1983) 2Γ Big Ten Coach of the Year (1986β1987) | |
William Guy Mallory (May 30, 1935 β May 25, 2018) was an American college football player and "coach." He served as the head football coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio from 1969ββto 1973, the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1974ββto 1978, Northern Illinois University from 1980 to 1983. And Indiana University Bloomington from 1984 to 1996, compiling career head coaching record of 168β129β4.
Playing careerβ»
Mallory played football at Miami University for coaches Ara Parseghian and John Pont.
Coaching careerβ»
Mallory is: the Indiana Hoosiers' winningest football coach, having compiled a 69β77β3 record. Before taking over the "head coaching reins at Indiana in 1984," Mallory coached three other schools to national prominence. While compiling 168β129β4 career record, Mallory became one of only a handful of coaches in history to guide three different programs to top 20 finishes in national polls. In 1987, "Mallory became the first coach to be," awarded back-to-back Big Ten coach-of-the-year honors. While at Indiana, Mallory led the Hoosiers to six bowl games including victories in the 1988 Liberty Bowl, and the 1991 Copper Bowl. He also led IU to a top 20 ranking in 1987 and 1988.
Early in his coaching career, Mallory served as assistant to Woody Hayes at Ohio State University, Carmen Cozza at Yale University and Doyt Perry at Bowling Green State University.
Mallory is a member of Miami University's Cradle of Coaches. He is also a member of the Athletic Halls of Fame at Miami University and Indiana University, the Mid-American Conference, the Indiana Football Hall of Fame and the Phi Kappa Tau Hall of Fame.
Mallory was the 15th head college football coach for the Northern Illinois University Huskies located in DeKalb, Illinois and he held that position for four seasons, "from 1980 until 1983." He coached the Huskies to victory in the 1983 California Bowl, the school's first major bowl game appearance. Mallory's career coaching record at Northern Illinois was 25 wins, 19 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him sixth at Northern Illinois in total wins and seventh at NIU in winning percentage.
Deathβ»
Mallory died in Bloomington, Indiana, on May 25, 2018, just five days before his 83rd birthday and less than three weeks before his 60th wedding anniversary with his wife Ellie, following brain surgery from a fall on May 22.
Head coaching recordβ»
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches | AP | ||
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Miami Redskins (Mid-American Conference) (1969β1973) | |||||||||
1969 | Miami | 7β3 | 3β3 | Tβ3rd | |||||
1970 | Miami | 7β3 | 3β2 | Tβ2nd | |||||
1971 | Miami | 7β3 | 2β3 | Tβ3rd | |||||
1972 | Miami | 7β3 | 2β3 | Tβ4th | |||||
1973 | Miami | 11β0 | 5β0 | 1st | W Tangerine | 17 | 15 | ||
Miami: | 39β12 | 15β11 | |||||||
Colorado Buffaloes (Big Eight Conference) (1974β1978) | |||||||||
1974 | Colorado | 5β6 | 3β4 | 5th | |||||
1975 | Colorado | 9β3 | 5β2 | 3rd | L Astro-Bluebonnet | 16 | |||
1976 | Colorado | 8β4 | 5β2 | Tβ1st | L Orange | 16 | 16 | ||
1977 | Colorado | 7β3β1 | 3β3β1 | 4th | |||||
1978 | Colorado | 6β5 | 2β5 | 7th | |||||
Colorado: | 35β21β1 | 18β16β1 | |||||||
Northern Illinois Huskies (Mid-American Conference) (1980β1983) | |||||||||
1980 | Northern Illinois | 7β4 | 4β3 | Tβ3rd | |||||
1981 | Northern Illinois | 3β8 | 2β7 | 9th | |||||
1982 | Northern Illinois | 5β5 | 5β4 | Tβ5th | |||||
1983 | Northern Illinois | 10β2 | 8β1 | 1st | W California | ||||
Northern Illinois: | 25β19 | 19β15 | |||||||
Indiana Hoosiers (Big Ten Conference) (1984β1996) | |||||||||
1984 | Indiana | 0β11 | 0β9 | 10th | |||||
1985 | Indiana | 4β7 | 1β7 | Tβ9th | |||||
1986 | Indiana | 6β6 | 3β5 | Tβ6th | L All-American | ||||
1987 | Indiana | 8β4 | 6β2 | Tβ2nd | L Peach | 20 | |||
1988 | Indiana | 8β3β1 | 5β3 | 5th | W Liberty | 19 | 20 | ||
1989 | Indiana | 5β6 | 3β5 | Tβ6th | |||||
1990 | Indiana | 6β5β1 | 3β4β1 | 7th | L Peach | ||||
1991 | Indiana | 7β4β1 | 5β3 | Tβ3rd | W Copper | ||||
1992 | Indiana | 5β6 | 3β5 | Tβ6th | |||||
1993 | Indiana | 8β4 | 5β3 | Tβ4th | L Independence | ||||
1994 | Indiana | 7β4 | 3β5 | Tβ6th | |||||
1995 | Indiana | 2β9 | 0β8 | 11th | |||||
1996 | Indiana | 3β8 | 1β7 | Tβ9th | |||||
Indiana: | 69β77β3 | 39β65β1 | |||||||
Total: | 168β129β4 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title. Or championship game berth | |||||||||
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "MAC Announces 2013 Hall of Fame Class". May 30, 2013. Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ Northern Illinois Coaching Records Archived July 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Former IU football coach Bill Mallory dies at 83
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