Bill Carroll (coach)

Bill Carroll was a sports figure in the United States and is best known from his accomplishments as a pole vaulter and later coach of the Track & Field and Cross Country teams at the University of Oklahoma.^[2]

Athletic history

Pole Vault

Carroll was a world-ranked pole vaulter at the University of Oklahoma. He was the number 7 pole vaulter in the world in 1949, and moved up to the number six position in 1950.^[3] Those same years, he was ranked sixth and then fifth in the US.^[4] Carroll tied for second place at the NCAA Track and Field Championships in 1949 with a height of 14 feet.^[5]

Carroll also enjoyed success as a high school athlete, winning the Oklahoma state high school championship in 1944.^[6] While competing in collete, he set the record at the 1950 Kansas Relays^[7] with a vault of 14 feet 5 inches^[8] and set the record for the Big 7 Outdoor championship.^[9]

Coaching history

Southwestern College

Carroll was the 14th head football coach for the Southwestern College Moundbuilders in Winfield, Kansas and held that position 2 seasons for 1952 and 1953. His coaching record at Southwestern was 2 wins, 15 losses, and 1 tie. This ranks him 26th at Southwestern in total wins and 26th at Southwestern in total winning percentage (as of completion of the 2007 season).^[10]

University of Oklahoma

Carroll was an assistant and later head coach at the University of Oklahoma for the Track & Field and Cross Country teams from 1959 until 1964.^[2]

References

External links

• Oklahoma Sooners official athletic site
• Southwestern College official football team site