Bill Cubit

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Bill Cubit

Title Head coach
College Western Michigan
Sport Football
Team record 20-16
Born October 14, 1953 (1953-10-14) (age 54)
Place of birth Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania
Career highlights
Overall 54-34-1
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Awards
MAC Coach of the Year (2005)
Playing career
1971-74 Delaware
Position Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992-96
2005-present
Widener
Western Michigan

Bill Cubit (born October 14, 1953 in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania) is currently the head coach of the Western Michigan University Broncos football team. His last name (surname) is pronounced "Q-Bit".

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[edit] Coaching career

Cubit was named head coach on December 4, 2004, succeeding former head coach and current Texas A&M University 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 Mid-American Conference (MAC) history and the second largest one year turnaround in 2005 Division I-A football. For his efforts, Cubit was named the 2005 MAC Coach of the Year.

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.

Cubit led Western Michigan to the International Bowl on January 6, 2007. This was the first bowl game for Western Michigan since 1988, when the team played in the California Raisin Bowl. The Broncos fell to the University of Cincinnati Bearcats 27-24.

[edit] Personal

Cubit attended Sharon Hill High School. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1973 with a B.S. in Business, and later earned his M.A. in Education in 1979 from Saint Joseph's University.

His son, Ryan Cubit, was a three-year starter at quarterback for the WMU football team from 2004-2006. Ryan is currently an offensive graduate assistant on the WMU coaching staff.

[edit] Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl
Widener University (Middle Atlantic Corporation) (1992 – 1996)
1992 Widener 3-6-1 3-4-1 5th
1993 Widener 6-4 6-4 2nd (Commonwealth)
1994 Widener 10-2 9-0 1st (Commonwealth) NCAA Second round
1995 Widener 8-3 8-2 1st (Commonwealth) NCAA First round
1996 Widener 7-3 7-2 2nd (Commonwealth)
Widener: 34-18-1 33-13-1
Western Michigan University (Mid-American Conference) (2005 — present)
2005 Western Michigan 7-4 5-3 3rd (West)
2006 Western Michigan 8-5 6-2 2nd (West) L International Bowl
2007 Western Michigan 5-7 3-4 4th (West)
2008 Western Michigan
Western Michigan: 20-16 14-9
Total: 54-34-1
      National Championship         Conference Title         Conference Division Title
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season.

[edit] Previous coaching positions

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