Willis Bates

Willis Bates
Bates, 1903
Sport(s) Football, basketball
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1903
1905–1908
1914–1925

Basketball
1905–1908
1913–1914
1914–1926
Auburn
Fairmount
Southwestern (KS)


Fairmount
Fairmount
Southwestern (KS)
Head coaching record
Overall 84–52–12 (football)
179–79 (basketball)
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse

Willis S. "Billy" Bates was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Auburn University (1903), Fairmount College—now Wichita State University (1905–1908), and Southwestern College in Kansas (1914–1925), compiling a career record of 84–52–12. He also coached basketball at Fairmount (1905–1908) and Southwestern (1914–1926), tallying a career mark of 179–79.

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Coaching career

Auburn University

Bates first was a head football coach at Auburn University for the 1903 season.[1] His team compiled a record of 4 wins and 3 losses.[2]

Fairmont College

Bates was the sixth head football coach for Fairmount College, now Wichita State University, located in Wichita, Kansas and he held that position for four seasons, from 1905 until 1908. His overall coaching record at Fairmount was 28 wins, 8 losses, and 3 ties. This ranks him second at Fairmont/Wichita State in terms of total wins and third at Wichita State in terms of winning percentage.[3]

Southwestern College

Bates was the sixth head football coach at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas and held that position 12 years, from 1914 to 1925. His coaching record at Southwestern was 52 wins, 36 losses, and 9 ties. As of completion of the 2009 season, this ranks him third at Southwestern in terms of total wins and 14th at Southwestern in terms of total winning percentage. He is the longest-tenured coach in Southwestern's football history having served as head coach for 102 games[4] and was mentor for future Southwestern coach Art Kahler.[5]

Bates also served as the head basketball coach at Southwestern for twelve seasons, from 1914 until 1926, where the Moundbuilders were considered one of the best basketball teams in the nation at the time.[6] His basketball teams amassed a record of 164 wins and 59 losses (.735).[7]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Auburn Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1903)
1903 Auburn 4–3 2–3
Auburn: 4–3 2–3
Fairmount Shockers (Independent) (1905–1908)
1905 Fairmount 5–4–1
1906 Fairmount 7–1–2
1907 Fairmount 8–2
1908 Fairmount 8–1
Fairmount: 28–8–3
Southwestern College Moundbuilders (Independent) (1914–1923)
1914 Southwestern 3–6
1915 Southwestern 4–4–1
1916 Southwestern 6–3
1917 Southwestern 6–3
1918 Southwestern 3–0
1919 Southwestern 7–3
1920 Southwestern 2–5–2
1921 Southwestern 5–4
1922 Southwestern 5–3–2
1923 Southwestern 2–5–2
Southwestern College Moundbuilders (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1924–1925)
1924 Southwestern 4–2–2
1925 Southwestern 5–3
Southwestern: 52–41–9
Total: 84–52–12

References

  1. ^ George Dunglinson, Jr., ed (1904). "Glomerata". Auburn, AL: Alabama Polytechnic Institute. p. 172. http://diglib.auburn.edu/cgi-bin/gloms/docviewer.pl?did=%2F1904&seq=&view=100&frames=0&pagenum=175. Retrieved 21 March 2011. 
  2. ^ College Football Data Warehouse Willis S. Bates, 1903 Record
  3. ^ Wichita State football coaching records
  4. ^ Southwestern College Head Football Coaching Records
  5. ^ The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide "The official rules book and record book of college football" (edited by Walter Camp) Can Sports Publishing Company, 1922
  6. ^ The Kansas Collection, Some Notes on College Basketball in Kansas, Harold C. Evans
  7. ^ Southwestern College Basketball Coaching Records

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