Bill Michael

For the Scottish footballer, see Bill Michael (footballer).

Bill Michael
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1935-02-28)February 28, 1935 Blytheville, Arkansas
Died	March 4, 2016(2016-03-04) (aged 81) Columbia, South Carolina
Alma mater	Arkansas
Playing career
1956–1958	Arkansas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1964–1966	UTEP (DC)
1967–1968	Oklahoma (DE)
1969–1972	Oklahoma (OL)
1977–1981	UTEP
1982	South Carolina (DL)
1986	Texas (LB)
1991	Southern Miss (DL)
1992–1993	Oklahoma State (assistant)
1994	North Texas (DC)
1995–1997	North Texas (asst. HC)
1998–1999	North Texas (DC)
2000	North Texas (OL/TE)
Head coaching record
Overall	5–43
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Bill Michael (February 28, 1935 – March 4, 2016) was the head football coach at UTEP from 1977 to 1981, serving as the school's seventeenth head coach. He compiled a 5-43 (.104) record,^[1] which eventually led to his firing in 1981.^[2] He lost 10 consecutive games twice, in periods from 1977 to 1978 and 1979 to 1980.^[3]

He has also coached at his alma mater University of Arkansas. He coached at Oklahoma.^[4] During his three seasons there, the team compiled a 43-6-1 record, including two Sugar Bowl championships. He served as a defensive coach at the University of South Carolina starting in 1982.^[5]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Standing
UTEP Miners (Western Athletic Conference) (1977–1981)
1977	UTEP	1–10
1978	UTEP	1–11
1979	UTEP	2–9
1980	UTEP	1–11
1981	UTEP	0–2*
UTEP:		5–43	*Alton coached the remainder of the season.
Total:		5–43
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

↑ UTEP 2010 Football Record Book (PDF). University of Texas at El Paso. 2010. p. 61. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
↑ "Alton Out, Yung In As UTEP's Coach". Observer-Reporter. 1981-12-16. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
↑ UTEP 2010 Football Record Book (PDF). University of Texas at El Paso. 2010. pp. 67–68. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
↑ "Bill Michael Will Coach Sooner Line". The Telegraph-Herald. Associated Press. 1968-12-22. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
↑ "Morrison Adds Assistants". The Sumter Daily Item. Associated Press. 1982-12-16. Retrieved 2011-01-25.

UTEP Miners head football coaches

Tommy Dwyer (1914–1917)
No team (1918)
Tommy Dwyer (1919)
Harry Van Surdam (1920)
Thomas C. Holiday (1921)
Jack Vowell (football coach) (1922–1923)
George B. Powell (1924–1926)
E. J. Stewart (1927–1928)
Mack Saxon (1929–1941)
Walter Milner (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Jack Curtice (1946–1949)
Mike Brumbelow (1950–1956)
Ben Collins (1957–1961)
Bum Phillips (1962)
Warren Harper (1963–1964)
Bobby Dobbs (1965–1972)
Tommy Hudspeth (1972–1973)
Gil Bartosh (1974–1976)
Bill Michael (1977–1981)
Billy Alton # (1981)
Bill Yung (1982–1985)
Bob Stull (1986–1988)
David Lee (1989–1993)
Charlie Bailey (1993–1999)
Gary Nord (2000–2003)
Mike Price (2004–2012)
Sean Kugler (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Pittsburgh Steelers 1957 NFL draft selections

Len Dawson Bill Michael Don Owens Perry Richards George Volkert Curley Johnson Charley Hutchings Ralph Jelic Dick Hughes Vern Ellison Dwaine Underwood Jim Crawford Herman Canil Corny Salvaterra Len Bigbee Phil Bennett John Szuchan Chick Cichowski Aurelius Thomas Bob Pollock Gary Francis Jim Hinesly Bob Swann Bob Konkoly Frank Kolinsky Tom Ramage Don Serier

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