Bill Hess

Bill Hess

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	February 5, 1923
Died	June 10, 1978 (aged 55) Athens, Ohio
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1951–1957	Ohio State (assistant)
1958–1977	Ohio
Head coaching record
Overall	108–91–4
Bowls	0–2
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NCAA College Division National (1960) 4 MAC (1960, 1963, 1967–1968)
Awards
MAC Coach of the Year (1968)

William R. Hess (February 5, 1923 – June 10, 1978) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Ohio University from 1958 to 1977. In his tenure as head coach for the Ohio Bobcats football team, Hess compiled a 108–91–4 record, ranking him second only to coach Don Peden on Ohio's all-time victories list.^[1] Hess's teams won four Mid-American Conference (MAC) championships (1960, 1963, 1967, and 1968) and won a National Small College Championship in 1960 after having an undefeated season. Hess also led the Bobcats to two bowl games, losing 15–14 to West Texas State in the 1962 Sun Bowl and losing 49–42 to Richmond in the 1968 Tangerine Bowl. His 1968 team is the only team in school history to finish ranked in the major polls.^[2] Hess was a native of Columbus, Ohio. He coached high school football in Portsmouth and Grandview Heights, Ohio before joining Woody Hayes's staff at Ohio State University in 1951.^[3]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	AP^°
Ohio Bobcats (Mid-American Conference) (1958–1977)
1958	Ohio	5–4	2–4	T–4th
1959	Ohio	7–2	4–2	2nd
1960	Ohio	10–0	6–0	1st
1961	Ohio	5–3–1	3–2–1	4th
1962	Ohio	8–3	5–1	2nd	L Sun
1963	Ohio	6–4	5–1	1st
1964	Ohio	5–4–1	3–2–1	4th
1965	Ohio	0–10	0–6	7th
1966	Ohio	5–5	3–3	4th
1967	Ohio	6–4	5–1	T–1st
1968	Ohio	10–1	6–0	1st	L Tangerine	18	20
1969	Ohio	5–4–1	2–3	T–3rd
1970	Ohio	4–5	3–2	T–2nd
1971	Ohio	5–5	2–3	T–3rd
1972	Ohio	3–8	1–4	6th
1973	Ohio	5–5	2–3	T–3rd
1974	Ohio	6–5	3–2	T–2nd
1975	Ohio	5–5–1	2–4	T–5th
1976	Ohio	7–4	6–2	T–2nd
1977	Ohio	1–10	0–8	10th
Ohio:		108–91–4	63–53–2
Total:		108–91–4
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll. ^°Rankings from final AP Poll.

References

1. DeLassus, David. "Bill Hess Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
2. DeLassus, David. "Ohio in the Polls". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
3. AP (January 10, 1958). "OU Names Bill Hess New Football Coach". The Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio). p. 25-B. Retrieved September 30, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Bill Hess at the College Football Data Warehouse