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Bill Lewis (American football coach)

American football player and coach (born 1941)

Field	Value
name	Bill Lewis
birth_date
birth_place	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
player_sport1	Football
player_years2	1959–1962
player_team2	East Stroudsburg
player_sport3	Baseball
player_years4	1960–1963
player_team4	East Stroudsburg
player_positions	Quarterback (football)
Pitcher, infielder (baseball)
coach_years1	1963–1965
coach_team1	East Stroudsburg (QB/WR/DB)
coach_years2	1966–1968
coach_team2	Pittsburgh (DB)
coach_years3	1969–1970
coach_team3	Wake Forest (DB)
coach_years4	1971–1972
coach_team4	Georgia Tech (DB)
coach_years5	1974–1976
coach_team5	Arkansas (DB)
coach_years6	1977–1979
coach_team6	Wyoming
coach_years7	1980
coach_team7	Georgia (DB)
coach_years8	1981–1988
coach_team8	Georgia (DC/DB)
coach_years9	1989–1991
coach_team9	East Carolina
coach_years10	1992–1994
coach_team10	Georgia Tech
coach_years11	1996–2004
coach_team11	Miami Dolphins (nickel package)
coach_years12	2005–2007
coach_team12	Notre Dame (AHC/DB)
admin_years1	1995
admin_team1	Marist School (GA)
overall_record	45–52–2
bowl_record	1–0
awards	AFCA Coach of the Year (1991)

Pitcher, infielder (baseball) William J. Lewis (born August 5, 1941) is an American former football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wyoming (1977–1979), and East Carolina University (1989–1991). He also coached at the Georgia Institute of Technology (1992–1994), compiling a career college football record of 45–52–2. Lewis was a defensive assistant at many schools and most notably served as an assistant to Vince Dooley at the University of Georgia, helping win a National Championship in 1980.

Coaching career

Arkansas

Lewis was defensive backs coach with the Arkansas Razorbacks from 1973 until 1976.

Wyoming

Lewis was named the University of Wyoming's 22nd head football coach in December 1976 following the hiring of Fred Akers by the University of Texas at Austin to be the Longhorn's head coach.

Lewis compiled a 13–21–1 (.386) win–loss record as Wyoming's coach through the 1977 to 1979 seasons. He was fired at the conclusion of the '79 season and replaced by Pat Dye. His largest margin of victory was 51–21 over the University of Texas at El Paso during the 1978 season. His worst loss as the Cowboys head coach came against LSU the year before, 1977. The LSU Tigers pounced on Wyoming, 66–7, in Baton Rouge.

During his tenure at Wyoming, Lewis produced two noted NFL prospects, Ken Fantetti, a linebacker who went on to play for the Detroit Lions for seven years (1979–1985) and Guy Frazier another linebacker who played six years in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals (1981–1984) and the Buffalo Bills (1985–1986).

East Carolina

In his most successful head coaching position, Lewis led the East Carolina Pirates to an 11–1 record and an amazing come from behind Peach Bowl victory over North Carolina State in 1991. The program had not had a winning season since 1983 before Lewis arrived.

Lewis served as head coach at East Carolina for three seasons (1989–1991) before departing for Georgia Tech. The 1991 Pirates finished the season with their highest national ranking, #9 in both the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll, and Lewis received 1991 National Coach-of-the-Year honors from the American Football Coaches Association, United Press International, and Scripps-Howard.

Georgia Tech

Lewis assumed the head coaching position at Georgia Tech in 1991 following Bobby Ross's departure to coach the NFL's San Diego Chargers. Lewis held the position from 1992 until midway through the 1994 season; he resigned (though some reports say he was effectively fired) after a 1–7 start and was replaced by defensive coordinator George O'Leary. O'Leary coached the final three games of the season, all losses.

Notre Dame

From 2005 to 2007, Lewis served as the assistant head coach and defensive backs coach for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish under Charlie Weis.

Personal life

Lewis and his wife Sandy have two sons, Geoff and Mark, and several grandchildren.

Head coaching record

References

"Talking College Football History: Bill Lewis {{!}} PennSports.LIVE".
(2019-05-09). "Bill Lewis".
"Lewis resigns at Georgia Tech - UPI Archives".
(1994-11-08). "GA. TECH FIRES FOOTBALL COACH".
Columnist, Loran Smith. (2021-09-09). "The story of former UGA assistant coach Bill Lewis".

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