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Bill Kelly (American football, born 1947)

American football player and coach (1947–2023)

Summary

American football player and coach (1947–2023)

Field	Value
name	Bill Kelly
birth_date
birth_place	Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S.
death_date
alma_mater	University of Richmond
player_sport1	Football
player_years2	1965–1969
player_team2	North Carolina
player_positions	Wide receiver, running back, kick returner
coach_sport1	Football
coach_years2	1971–1974
coach_team2	Richmond (assistant)
coach_years3	1976–1978
coach_team3	Pleasant Grove HS (UT)
coach_years4	1979–1980
coach_team4	Snow (assistant)
coach_years5	1981–1982
coach_team5	Snow
coach_years6	1983–1984
coach_team6	Eastern New Mexico
coach_years7	1985–1987
coach_team7	West Texas State
coach_sport8	Track and field
coach_years9	1980
coach_team9	Snow
overall_record	31–20–2 (college football)
17–6–1 (junior college football)
17–12 (high school football)
bowl_record	2–0 (junior college)
tournament_record	0–1 (NAIA D-I playoffs)
championships	Football
1 ICAC (1982)
1 LSC (1986)
awards	Football
MVC Coach of the Year (1985)
LSC Coach of the Year (1986)

17–6–1 (junior college football) 17–12 (high school football) 1 ICAC (1982) 1 LSC (1986) MVC Coach of the Year (1985) LSC Coach of the Year (1986)

Bill Kelly (June 28, 1947 – May 13, 2023) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Eastern New Mexico University from 1983 to 1984 and West Texas State University—now known as West Texas A&M University—from 1985 to 1987, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 31–20–2. Kelly was also the head football coach at Snow College, a junior college in Ephraim, Utah, from 1981 to 1982, tallying a mark of 17–6–1. He played college football at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1965 to 1969 as a wide receiver, running back, and kick returner.

Coaching career

From 1971 to 1974, Kelly was an assistant football coach at the University of Richmond, where he received his Juris Doctor degree. He was the head football coach at Pleasant Grove High School in Pleasant Grove, Utah from 1976 to 1978, leading his teams to a record of 17–12 in three seasons. Kelly was an assistant football coach at Snow College under Dave Arslanian in 1979 and 1980. He was also the school's track coach in the spring of 1980. Following the 1980 football season, he succeeded Arslanian as head football coach.

Kelly was the head football at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico from 1983 to 1984, comping a record of 13–7–1.

In 1985, Kelly become the head football coach at West Texas State University—now known as West Texas A&M University—in Canyon, Texas. The West Texas A&M Buffaloes competed at the NCAA Division I-A as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) in 1985, but dropped to NCAA Division II competition in 1986 and joined Lone Star Conference (LSC), winning the conference title. Kelly won conference coach of the year honors in 1985 and 1986.

Later life and death

Kelly practiced as a family and criminal defense attorney in Canyon, Texas. He died from pneumonia, on May 13, 2023, at the age of 75.

Head coaching record

College football

Junior college football

References

. (December 22, 1980). ["Snow Selects Bill Kelly as Grid Coach"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald/149603675/). *[[Daily Herald (Utah)*.
"Archived copy".
Pisani, Hart. (May 14, 2023). "Former WT football coach Bill Kelly dies at 75". [[Amarillo Globe-News]].

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