Bill Beck

Bill Beck
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football, baseball
Born	(1900-01-03)January 3, 1900 Everett, Massachusetts
Died	March 5, 1965(1965-03-05) (aged 65) Burlington, Vermont
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1941, 1946–1949	Rhode Island football
1954-1959	Rhode Island baseball
Head coaching record
Overall	12–22–2 (football) 40-56-1 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

William M. H. "Bill" Beck^[1] was the head coach of the Rhode Island Rams football team in 1941 and then again from 1946 through 1949. He compiled a 12–22–2 record.^[2]

Beck also coached the Rhode Island baseball program from 1954–1959. As head baseball coach, Beck's overall record was 40-56-1.^[3] In 1966, the school honored Beck by naming its newly constructed baseball stadium Bill Beck Field.^[4]

He died after sustaining injuries in a skiing accident in 1965.^[5]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Rhode Island Rams (Independent / Yankee) (1941–1941, 1946–1949)
1941	Rhode Island	5–2–1
1946	Rhode Island	2–4
1947	Rhode Island	3–4	1–3	4th
1948	Rhode Island	2–4–1	1–3	4th
1949	Rhode Island	0–8	0–4	4th
Total:		12–22–2
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. ^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

Baseball

Season	Team	Overall
Rhode Island (Yankee Conference) (1954–1959)
1954	Rhode Island	4-12
1955	Rhode Island	10-8
1956	Rhode Island	10-7
1957	Rhode Island	7-9-1
1958	Rhode Island	7-9
1959	Rhode Island	2-11
Total:		40-56-1
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

^[3]

References

↑ Biography at GoRhody.com
↑ College Football Data Warehouse Bill Beck records
1 2 "2005 Rhode Island Rams Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Rhode Island Sports Information. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
↑ Go Rhody Rhode Island Rams Sports website
↑ "William Beck, Was URI Coach", Newport Daily News, Saturday, March 06, 1965, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Of America

Rhode Island Rams head football coaches

No coach (1895–1897)
Marshall Tyler (1898–1901)
No team (1902)
Marshall Tyler (1903–1908)
George Cobb (1909–1911)
Robert Bingham (1912)
George Cobb (1913–1914)
James A. Baldwin (1915–1916)
Fred Murray (1917)
No team (1918)
Fred Murray (1919)
Frank Keaney (1920–1940)
Bill Beck (1941)
Paul Cieurzo (1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Paul Cieurzo (1945)
Bill Beck (1946–1949)
Hal Kopp (1950)
Ed Doherty (1951)
Hal Kopp (1952–1955)
Herb Maack (1956–1960)
John Chironna (1961–1962)
Jack Zilly (1963–1969)
Jack Gregory (1970–1975)
Bob Griffin (1976–1992)
Floyd Keith (1993–1999)
Tim Stowers (2000–2007)
Darren Rizzi (2008)
Joe Trainer (2009–2013)
Jim Fleming (2014– )

Rhode Island Rams head baseball coaches

Unknown (1898–1900)
No team (1901–1906)
Unknown (1907–1917)
No team (1918)
Unknown (1919–1920)
Frank Keaney (1921–1943)
No team (1944–1945)
Frank Keaney (1946–1948)
Vic Paladino (1949–1953)
Bill Beck (1954–1959)
John Chironna (1960–1961)
Pete Stark (1962)
Bob Butler (1963–1968)
Brit Piez (1969)
John Norris (1970–1987)
Dave Morris (1988–1992)
Frank Leoni (1993–2005)
Jim Foster (2006–2014)
Raphael Cerrato (2015– )

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