Bill Cubit
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| Date of birth | October 14, 1953 | |
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| Sport | Football | |
| College | Western Michigan University | |
| Title | Head coach | |
| Record with Team | 7-4 | |
| Overall Record | 41-22-1 | |
| Coaching Stats | College Football DataWarehouse | |
| School as a player | ||
| 1971-1974 | University of Delaware | |
| Position | Wide receiver | |
| Schools as a coach | ||
| 2005-present 1992-1996 |
Western Michigan University Widener University |
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Bill Cubit (born October 14, 1953) is currently the head coach of the Western Michigan University Broncos football team. His last name (surname) is pronounced "Q-Bit".
Cubit was named head coach on December 4, 2004, succeeding former head coach and current Texas A&M defensive coordinator Gary Darnell. Cubit turned around a program that was 1-10 the prior season and had three losing seasons in a row to a 7-4 record, the biggest one season turnaround in MAC history and the second largest one year turnaround in 2005 Division IA football. Cubit was previously the offensive coordinator for the Broncos under Darnell from 1997-1999. He also spent time as the offensive coordinator at Stanford, Missouri, and Rutgers; and five seasons as head coach at Division III Widener University in Philadelphia.
Bill Cubit's son, Ryan Cubit, is the starting quarterback for the WMU football team.
Bill Cubit will lead Western Michigan to the International Bowl on January 6th 2007, this will be the first bowl game for Western Michigan since 1988.
[edit] Head Coaching Record
- 1992 Widener University: 3-6-1
- 1993 Widener University: 6-4
- 1994 Widener University: 10-2 (MAC Champions)
- 1995 Widener University: 8-3 (MAC Champions)
- 1996 Widener University: 7-3
- Total 34 - 18 - 1 (.641)
- 2005 Western Michigan University: 7-4 (5-3 MAC)
- 2006 Western Michigan University: 8-4 (6-2 MAC)*
- Total 15 - 8 (.652)
(*) Record as of November 24, 2006
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| Western Michigan Broncos Head Football Coaches |
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| "Tubby" Meyers • Spaulding • Olander • Martineau • Gary • Gill • Petoskey • Schlosser • Doolittle • Uzelac • Harbaugh • Molde • Darnell • Cubit |
