Bill Dole

William "Bill" Dole
Dole pictured in The Tecoan 1950, ECU yearbook
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1909-07-05)July 5, 1909 Michigan
Died	February 7, 1966(1966-02-07) (aged 56) Hickory, North Carolina^[1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1949–1951 1952–1964	East Carolina Davidson
Head coaching record
Overall	58–80–5
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

William Edward "Bill" Dole, Sr. (July 5, 1909 – February 7, 1966) was a head coach of the East Carolina (1949–1951) and Davidson (1952–1964) college football program.^[2]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall
East Carolina (Independent) (1949–1951)
1949	East Carolina	4–5–1
1950	East Carolina	7–3
1951	East Carolina	4–6
East Carolina:		15–14–1
1952	Davidson	2–7
1953	Davidson	0–9
1954	Davidson	6–3
1955	Davidson	5–4
1956	Davidson	5–3–1
1957	Davidson	5–3
1958	Davidson	5–4
1959	Davidson	1–8
1960	Davidson	3–5
1961	Davidson	4–4
1962	Davidson	3–5–1
1963	Davidson	1–5–2
1964	Davidson	3–6
Davidson:		43–66–4
Total:		58–80–5
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl, or College Football Playoff (CFP) game. ^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

References

↑ Bill Dole's obituary
↑ "William "Bill" Dole Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2007-12-01.

East Carolina Pirates head football coaches

Kenneth Beatty (1932–1933)
Doc Mathis (1934–1935)
Bo Farley (1936)
J. D. Alexander (1937–1938)
O. A. Hankner (1939)
John Christenbury (1940–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Jim Johnson (1946–1948)
Bill Dole (1949–1951)
Jack Boone (1952–1961)
Clarence Stasavich (1962–1969)
Mike McGee (1970)
Sonny Randle (1971–1973)
Pat Dye (1974–1979)
Ed Emory (1980–1984)
Art Baker (1985–1988)
Bill Lewis (1989–1991)
Steve Logan (1992–2002)
John Thompson (2003–2004)
Skip Holtz (2005–2009)
Ruffin McNeill (2010– )

Davidson Wildcats head football coaches

No coach (1896–1899)
John A. Brewin (1900–1903)
C. R. Williams (1904–1905)
Ralph S. Graham & J. B. Pollard (1906–1907)
Dutch Levine (1908)
F. M. Simmons (1909–1910)
E. W. Holladay (1911)
W. T. Cook (1912–1913)
Bob Fetzer (1914)
Bill Fetzer (1915–1918)
Pete Crayton (1919)
H. M. Grey (1920–1922)
William L. Younger (1923–1931)
Williams Newton (1932–1935)
Gene McEver (1936–1943)
No team (1944–1945)
William Story (1946–1947)
Charlie Jamerson (1948–1949)
Crowell Little (1950–1951)
Bill Dole (1952–1964)
Homer Smith (1965–1969)
Dave Fagg (1970–1973)
Ed Farrell (1974–1984)
Vic Gatto (1985–1989)
Dave Fagg (1990–1992)
Tim Landis (1993–1999)
Joe Susan (2000)
Mike Toop (2001–2004)
Tripp Merritt (2005–2012)
Brett Hayford # (2012)
Paul Nichols (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.