Bill Lewis (football)
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| Bill Lewis | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Wyoming, East Carolina, Georgia Tech | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 45-52-2 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
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| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1977-1979 1989-1991 1992-1994 |
Wyoming East Carolina Georgia Tech |
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Bill Lewis is an American football coach with varying levels of success at different stages in his career.
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[edit] Wyoming career
Bill Lewis was named the University of Wyoming's 22nd head football coach in December of 1976 following the hiring of Fred Akers by the University of Texas at Austin to be the Longhorn's head coach. Lewis compiled a 14-20-1 (.414) win-loss record as Wyoming's coach through the 1977 to 1979 seasons. He was fired at the conclusion of the '79 season and replaced by Pat Dye. His largest margin of victory was 51-21 over the University of Texas at El Paso during the 1978 season. His worst loss as the Cowboy's head coach came against Louisiana State University the year before, (1977). The LSU Tigers pounced on Wyoming 7-66 in Baton Rouge. He produced two noted NFL prospects, Ken Fantetti, a linebacker who went on to play for the Detroit Lions for seven years (1979-85) and Guy Frazier another linebacker who played six years in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals (1981-1984) and the Buffalo Bills (1985-1986).
[edit] East Carolina Career
In his most successful head coaching position, Bill Lewis lead the East Carolina Pirates to an 11-1 record and a Peach Bowl victory over North Carolina State. The program had not had a winning season since 1983 before Lewis came there. Lewis served as head coach at East Carolina for three seasons (1989-91) before departing for Georgia Tech. The 1991 Pirates finished the season with their highest national ranking (#9 AP Poll) and Lewis received 1991 National Coach-of-the-Year honors from the American Football Coaches Association, United Press International and Scripps-Howard.
[edit] Georgia Tech Career
Bill Lewis assumed the head coaching position at Georgia Tech in 1991 following Bobby Ross's departure to coach the NFL's San Diego Chargers. Lewis held the position from 1992 until midway through the 1994 season; he resigned (though some reports say he was effectively fired) after a 1-7 start and was replaced by Tech defensive coordinator George O'Leary, who coached the final three games of the season, all losses. Lewis finished his tenure at Georgia Tech with an overall record of 11-19 (.367).
| Preceded by Bobby Ross |
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Football Head Coaches 1992-1994 |
Succeeded by George O'Leary |
[edit] Head Coaching Record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Wyoming (Western Athletic Conference) (1977 – 1979) | |||||||||
| 1977 | Wyoming | 4-6-1 | |||||||
| 1978 | Wyoming | 5-7-0 | |||||||
| 1979 | Wyoming | 4-8-0 | |||||||
| Wyoming: | 13-21-1 | ||||||||
| East Carolina (Independent) (1989 – 1991) | |||||||||
| 1989 | East Carolina | 5-5-1 | |||||||
| 1990 | East Carolina | 5-6-0 | |||||||
| 1991 | East Carolina | 11-1-0 | W Peach | 9 | 9 | ||||
| East Carolina: | 21-12-1 | ||||||||
| Georgia Tech (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1992 – 1994) | |||||||||
| 1992 | Georgia Tech | 5-6-0 | |||||||
| 1993 | Georgia Tech | 5-6-0 | |||||||
| 1994 | Georgia Tech | 1-7-0 | |||||||
| Georgia Tech: | 11-19-0 | ||||||||
| Total: | 45-52-2 | ||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. | |||||||||
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