Bill Collins (American football)

Bill Collins

Biographical details
Born	(1894-05-21)May 21, 1894 Lathrop, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1916–1919	Missouri
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920	Missouri (freshmen)
1921–1922	Liberty HS (MO)
1923–1925	Missouri Wesleyan
1926	William Jewell (assistant)
1927–1932	William Jewell
Basketball
1928–1933	William Jewell
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1923–?	Missouri Wesleyan
Head coaching record
Overall	33–30–11 (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]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Missouri Wesleyan Owls (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1923)
1923	Missouri Wesleyan	5–0	5–0
Missouri Wesleyan Owls (Missouri College Athletic Union) (1924–1925)
1924	Missouri Wesleyan	6–2	5–1	2nd
1925	Missouri Wesleyan	6–2	5–0	1st
Missouri Wesleyan:		17–4	15–1
William Jewell Cardinals (Missouri College Athletic Union) (1927–1932)
1927	William Jewell	4–4	3–3	5th
1928	William Jewell	3–5–1	2–3	5th
1929	William Jewell	4–3–1	1–2–1	T–5th
1930	William Jewell	2–5–1	2–2	3rd
1931	William Jewell	2–3–4	0–1–3	T–5th
1932	William Jewell	1–6	1–3	T–5th
William Jewell:		16–26–7	9–24–4
Total:		33–30–11
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

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 .
4. "Collins Will Take Charge At Wesleyan". Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune. Chillicothe, Missouri. August 7, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved October 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .