Bill Schnebel

William Schnebel
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1924-05-07)May 7, 1924 Fremont, Nebraska
Died	December 9, 2002(2002-12-09) (aged 78) Alva, Oklahoma
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1956–1964	College of Emporia
1965–1967	Northwest Oklahoma
Head coaching record
Overall	61–21–1
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Little All-American coach of the year NAIA coach of the year

William G. "Bill" Schnebel (May 7, 1924 – December 9, 2002) was an American football coach. He was named the 1960 "Little All-American Coach of the Year" and NAIA coach of the year.^[1] He died in 2002.^[2]^[3]

Coaching career

College of Emporia

Schnebel's first head coaching job was at the College of Emporia in Emporia, Kansas. While head coach of the Fighting Presbies, he led his teams to a combined record of 61 wins, 21 losses, and 1 tie. They were named Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference champions three years (1959, '62, and '63), took second place in the conference twice ('56 and '61), and third place in his final 1964 season at the college.

Schnebel's team traveled to the Mineral Water Bowl in 1959 and defeated Austin College 21-20. In 1962 C of E was ranked number 3 in the NAIA nationally and lost in the semi final game to Central Oklahoma University 20 - 0. In 1963 C of E was ranked 2nd in the NAIA nationally and lost in the semi final game to St. John's University 54 - 0.

Northwest Oklahoma State University

After his term at the College of Emporia, Schnebel was named the head coach of the Northwestern Oklahoma State University football team in Alva, Oklahoma.^[4]

References

College of Emporia Fighting Presbies head football coaches

Horace Botsford (1901) Unknown Homer Woodson Hargiss (1910–1912) Unknown Gwinn Henry (1918–1922) Unknown Harold Grant (1923–1927) L. T. Harr (1928) Unknown Henry Brock (1941) Unknown Walt Newland (1946) Murray Brown Wayne J. McConnell (1950–1955) Bill Schnebel (1956–1964) Tom Stromgen Richard Bannister Unknown Dan Taylor

Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers head football coaches

Frank Wyatt (1906–1915)
Spot Geyer (1916)
No team (1917–1918)
Frank Wyatt (1919–1923)
John McCormick (1924–1926)
Wister Newby (1927–1932)
J. E. Simmons (1933–1938)
Wesley Beck (1939–1941)
Os Doenges (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Joe Dollins (1946–1947)
Dick Highfill (1948–1954)
Don Scarbrough (1955)
Art Parkhurst (1956–1964)
Bill Schnebel (1965–1967)
J. W. Cole (1968–1971)
Art Parkhurst (1972–1973)
Bob Thompson (1974)
Glenn Wolf (1975–1977)
Bill Massey (1978–1982)
Woody Roof (1983–1984)
Lee Brower (1985–1993)
Steve Lohmann (1994–1996)
Tim Albin (1997–1999)
Garin Higgins (2000–2004)
Fred Slaughter (2005–2006)
Keith Barefield (2007–2011)
Alan Hall (2012– )

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