W. C. Raftery

W. C. Raftery
Raftery pictured in Bomb 1937, Virginia Military Institute yearbook
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1887-07-28)July 28, 1887 Worcester, Massachusetts
Died	July 2, 1965(1965-07-02) (aged 78) Ashland, Virginia
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1927–1936 Basketball 1913–1914, 1922–1934	VMI VMI
Head coaching record
Overall	38-55-5 (football) 68–112 (basketball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

William Caulfield "Bill" Raftery (July 28, 1887 – July 2, 1965) was the 17th head football coach for the Virginia Military Institute Keydets located in Lexington, Virginia and he held that position for ten seasons, from 1927 until 1936. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts.^[1] His career coaching record at VMI was 38–55–5. This ranks him fifth at VMI in total wins and 19th at VMI in winning percentage.^[2]

Raftery had entered the pharmaceutical business in Ashland, Virginia in 1948, retiring in 1960. He died at his home in Ashland, Virginia in 1965. He was buried in Lexington, Virginia.^[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
VMI Keydets (Southern Conference) (1927–1936)
1927	VMI	6–4	2–4	16th
1928	VMI	5–3–2	2–3–1	15th
1929	VMI	8–2	4–2	7th
1930	VMI	3–6	0–5	23rd
1931	VMI	3–6–1	2–4	17th
1932	VMI	2–8	1–4	18th
1933	VMI	2–7–1	2–1–1	4th
1934	VMI	1–8	0–5	10th
1935	VMI	2–7–1	0–3–1	10th
1936	VMI	6–4	5–2	4th
VMI:		38–55–5	18–33–3
Total:		38–55–5
National championship Conference title Conference division title

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Basketball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
VMI Keydets (Independent) (1913–1914, 1922–1925)
1913–14	VMI	6–6
1922–23	VMI	8–6
1923–24	VMI	9–5
1924–25	VMI	6–5
VMI Keydets (Southern Conference) (1925–1934)
1925–26	VMI	7–8	3–5	13th
1926–27	VMI	3–12	0–7	21st
1927–28	VMI	7–6	5–5	13th
1928–29	VMI	6–7	1–7	22nd
1929–30	VMI	4–10	2–6	17th
1930–31	VMI	4–12	2–8	20th
1931–32	VMI	0–14	0–9	23rd
1932–33	VMI	4–11	2–8	8th
1933–34	VMI	4–10	3–6	7th
VMI:		68–112	18–61
Total:		68–112
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

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References

↑
↑ Virginia Military Institute Coaching Records
↑ "W. C. Raftery, Ex-Athlete, Coach, Dies", Charleston Daily Mail, Tuesday, July 06, 1965, Charleston, West Virginia, United States Of America
↑ 2013 VMI Football Fact Book
↑ 2013–14 VMI Basketball Fact Book

Washington and Lee Generals men's basketball head coaches

C. L. Krebs (1906–1909)
F. J. Pratt (1909–1910)
J. W. H. Pollard (1910–1913)
W. C. Raftery (1913–1923)
K. E. Hines (1923–1924)
Eddie Cameron (1924–1925)
Richard Smith (1925–1930)
Ray Ellerman (1930–1932)
Harry Young (1932–1939)
Cookie Cunningham (1939–1942)
George Proctor (1942–1943)
No team (1943–1945)
Harry Young (1945–1946)
Carl Wise (1946–1948)
Bob Spessard (1948–1949)
Conn Davis (1949–1950)
Scott Hamilton (1950–1952)
William McCann (1952–1957)
Weenie Miller (1957–1958)
Robert McHenry (1958–1964)
Verne Canfield (1964–1995)
Kevin Moore (1995–1999)
Jeff Lafave (1999–2003)
Adam Hutchinson (2003– )

Washington and Lee Generals head football coaches

No coach (1890–1891)
F. W. Cobb (1892)
J. B. Bullitt (1893)
No coach (1894)
R. S. Thomas (1895)
No coach (1896–1898)
Thomas Trenchard (1899)
Bill Wertenbaker (1900)
Thomas Trenchard (1901)
Bill Wertenbaker (1902)
D. M. Balliet & A. J. Byles (1903)
D. M. Balliet (1904)
R. R. Brown (1905–1908)
T. N. Pfeiffer (1909)
J. W. H. Pollard (1910–1911)
James Reilly (1912)
H. L. Dowd (1913)
Jogger Elcock (1914–1916)
W. C. Raftery (1917–1921)
J. J. Fitzpatrick (1918)
James DeHart (1922–1925)
James P. Herron (1926–1928)
Eugene Oberst (1929–1930)
James DeHart (1931–1932)
Tex Tilson (1933–1940)
Riley Smith (1941)
P. A. Holstein (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Art Lewis (1946–1948)
George T. Barclay (1949–1951)
Carl Wise (1952–1953)
Bill Chipley (1955–1956)
Lee McLaughlin (1957–1967)
Buck Leslie (1968–1972)
Bill McHenry (1973–1977)
Gary Fallon (1978–1994)
Frank Mirrielo (1995–2011)
Scott Abell (2012– )

VMI Keydets basketball head coaches

Pete Krebs (1908–1909)
F. J. Pratt (1909–1910)
J. Mitchell (1910–1911)
Alpha Brummage (1911–1913)
W. C. Raftery (1913–1914)
Frank Gorton (1914–1917)
Earl Abell (1917–1919)
Pinky Spruhan (1919–1922)
W. C. Raftery (1922–1934)
Frank Summers (1934–1936)
Allison Hubert (1936–1937)
Albert Elmore (1937–1938)
Jimmy Walker (1938–1942)
Allison Hubert (1942–1943)
Joe Daher (1943–1945)
Jay McWilliams (1945–1946)
Lloyd Roberts (1946–1947)
Frank Summers (1947–1949)
Bill O'Hara (1949–1952)
Chuck Noe (1952–1955)
Jack Null (1955–1958)
Weenie Miller (1958–1964)
Gary McPherson (1964–1969)
Mike Schuler (1969–1972)
Bill Blair (1972–1976)
Charlie Schmaus (1976–1982)
Marty Fletcher (1982–1986)
Joe Cantafio (1986–1994)
Bart Bellairs (1994–2005)
Duggar Baucom (2005–2015)
Dan Earl (2015– )

VMI Keydets head football coaches

Unknown (1873)
No team (1874–1890)
Walter Taylor (1891)
No coach (1892–1894)
George W. Bryant (1895–1896)
R. N. Groner (1897)
Sam Boyle (1898–1899)
Sam Walker (1900–1902)
Bill Roper (1903–1904)
Ira Johnson (1905–1906)
Charles Roller (1907–1908)
William C. Gloth (1909–1910)
Alpha Brummage (1911–1912)
Henry Poague (1913)
Frank Gorton (1914–1916)
Earl Abell (1917)
Earl Abell & Mose Goodman (1918)
Red Fleming (1919)
Blandy Clarkson (1920–1926)
W. C. Raftery (1927–1936)
Allison Hubert (1937–1946)
Arthur Morton (1947–1948)
Tom Nugent (1949–1952)
John McKenna (1953–1965)
Vito Ragazzo (1966–1970)
Bob Thalman (1971–1984)
Eddie Williamson (1985–1988)
Jim Shuck (1989–1993)
Bill Stewart (1994–1996)
Ted Cain (1997–1998)
Donny White # (1998)
Cal McCombs (1999–2005)
Jim Reid (2006–2007)
Sparky Woods (2008–2014)
Scott Wachenheim (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

VMI Keydets head baseball coaches

W. C. Raftery (1929)
Unknown (1930–1949)
Frank Summers (1950–1951)
Vince Ragunas (1952)
Chuck Noe (1953–1955)
Jack Null (1956–1958)
Weenie Miller (1959–1960)
Charlie McGinnis (1961–1965)
Fred Kelly (1966–1967)
Chuck Roys (1968–1969)
Tom Sawyer (1970–1971)
Phil Tucker (1972–1973)
Donny White (1974)
Jerry Roane (1975–1976)
Vern Beitzel (1977–1980)
Jim Rowsey (1981)
Donny White (1982–1987)
Paul Maini (1988–1991)
Chris Finwood (1992–1994)
Scott Gines (1995–2000)
Tom Slater (2001–2003)
Marlin Ikenberry (2004–2014)
Jonathan Hadra (2015– )