Bill Rohr

For the professional baseball player, see Billy Rohr.

Bill Rohr
Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	Massillon, Ohio
Died	July 16, 1986(1986-07-16) Oxford, Ohio
Alma mater	Ohio Wesleyan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1951–1957 1957–1963	Miami (OH) Northwestern
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1963–1978	Ohio
Head coaching record
Overall	157–117 (.573)
Tournaments	NCAA: 0-3 (.000)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 4x MAC Champion (1952, 1953, 1955, 1957)

Bill Rohr was a college men's basketball coach and athletics administrator. He was the head coach of Miami (OH) from 1951 to 1957, and Northwestern from 1957-1963. He coached his teams to a 157-117 record, winning four Mid-American Conference championships at Miami and made three NCAA tournament appearances. He also served as Ohio University's athletic director from 1963 to 1978. An alumnus of Ohio Wesleyan University, he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.^[1]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Miami Redskins (Mid-American Conference) (1951–1957)
1951–52	Miami	19-6	9-3	T-1st
1952–53	Miami	17-6	10-2	1st	NCAA First Round
1953–54	Miami	12-10	7-5	3rd
1954–55	Miami	14-9	11-3	1st	NCAA First Round
1955–56	Miami	12-8	8-4	2nd
1956–57	Miami	17-8	11-1	1st	NCAA First Round
Miami:		91–47 (.659)	56–18 (.757)
Northwestern Wildcats (Big Ten Conference) (1957–1963)
1957–58	Northwestern	13-9	8-6	T-4th
1958–59	Northwestern	15-7	8-6	T-2nd
1959–60	Northwestern	11-12	8-6	T-3rd
1960–61	Northwestern	10-12	6-8	6th
1961–62	Northwestern	8-15	3-11	T-9th
1963–62	Northwestern	9-15	6-8	7th
Northwestern:		66–70 (.485)	39–45 (.464)
Total:		157–117 (.573)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

No coaches—managers only (1905–1908)
F. W. Stone (1908–1912)
M. Hoskins (1912–1913)
A. D. Browne (1913–1914)
Howard Flack (1914–1915)
Chester J. Roberts (1915–1916)
George Little (1916–1917)
George Rider (1917–1919)
George Little (1919–1922)
Harry W. Ewing (1922–1924)
Roy Tillotson (1924–1930)
John Mauer (1930–1938)
Weeb Ewbank (1938–1939)
Rip Van Winkle (1939–1942)
Blue Foster (1942–1949)
John Brickels (1949–1951)
Bill Rohr (1951–1957)
Dick Shrider (1957–1966)
Tates Locke (1966–1970)
Darrell Hedric (1970–1984)
Jerry Peirson (1984–1990)
Joby Wright (1990–1993)
Herb Sendek (1993–1996)
Charlie Coles (1996–2012)
John Cooper (2012– )

Tom Holland (1904–1905)
No team (1905–1906)
Louis Gillesby (1906–1910)
Stuart Templeton (1910–1911)
Charles Hammett (1911–1912)
Dennis Grady (1912–1914)
Fred J. Murphy (1914–1917)
Norman Elliott (1917–1918)
Tom Robinson (1918–1919)
Norman Elliott (1919–1920)
Ray Elder (1920–1921)
Dana Evans (1921–1922)
Maury Kent (1922–1927)
Dutch Lonborg (1927–1950)
Harold Olsen (1950–1952)
Waldo Fisher (1952–1957)
Bill Rohr (1957–1963)
Larry Glass (1963–1969)
Brad Snyder (1969–1973)
Tex Winter (1973–1978)
Rich Falk (1978–1986)
Bill Foster (1986–1993)
Ricky Byrdsong (1993–1997)
Kevin O'Neill (1997–2000)
Bill Carmody (2000–2013)
Chris Collins (2013– )

Ohio Bobcats athletic directors

Don Peden (–1949) Carroll Widdoes (1950–1961) Bill Rohr (1963–1978) Harold McElhaney (1978–1995) Thomas Boeh (1995–2005) Kirby Hocutt (2005–2008) Jim Schaus (2008– )