Bill Pace

Bill Pace
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1932-02-14)February 14, 1932 Douthat, Oklahoma^[1]
Died	May 14, 1990(1990-05-14) (aged 58) Nashville, Tennessee
Playing career
1951–1953	Wichita State
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1958–1961	Kansas (assistant)
1962–1966	Arkansas (assistant)
1967–1972	Vanderbilt
1973	New England Patriots (assistant)
1974–1979	Georgia (assistant)
1980–1981	Tennessee (AHC/QB)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1971–1973	Vanderbilt
Head coaching record
Overall	22–38–3
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Bill Pace (February 14, 1932 – May 14, 1990)^[2] was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University from 1967 to 1972, compiling a record of 22–38–3. Pace also served as the athletic director at Vanderbilt from January 1, 1971 until he resigned on January 15, 1973. Pace later served as an assistant coach with the New England Patriots in 1973. Beginning in 1974, Pace served as offensive coordinator under Vince Dooley at the University of Georgia installing the veer offense. Pace ended his coaching career as the assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach for Johnny Majors at the University of Tennessee in the 1980 and 1981.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Vanderbilt Commodores (Southeastern Conference) (1967–1972)
1967	Vanderbilt	2–7–1	0–5	9th
1968	Vanderbilt	5–4–1	1–3–1	8th
1969	Vanderbilt	4–6	2–3	7th
1970	Vanderbilt	4–7	1–5	9th
1971	Vanderbilt	4–6–1	1–5	7th
1972	Vanderbilt	3–8	0–6	10th
Vanderbilt:		22–38–3	5–27–1
Total:		22–38–3

References

↑ "Bill Pace," 1980 Tennessee Volunteers Football Guide, p. 24.
↑ "Bill Pace; Football Coach". The New York Times. May 17, 1990. Retrieved June 2, 2010.

External links

Bill Pace at the College Football Data Warehouse

Vanderbilt Commodores head football coaches

Elliott Jones (1890–1892)
W. J. Keller (1893)
Henry Worth Thornton (1894)
C. L. Upton (1895)
R. G. Acton (1896–1898)
James L. Crane (1899–1900)
Walter H. Watkins (1901–1902)
James H. Henry (1903)
Dan McGugin (1904–1917)
Ray Morrison (1918)
Dan McGugin (1919–1934)
Ray Morrison (1935–1939)
Henry Russell Sanders (1940–1942)
Ernest Alley (1943)
Doby Bartling (1944–1945)
Henry Russell Sanders (1946–1948)
Bill Edwards (1949–1952)
Arthur Guepe (1953–1962)
John Green (1963–1966)
Bill Pace (1967–1972)
Steve Sloan (1973–1974)
Fred Pancoast (1975–1978)
George MacIntyre (1979–1985)
Watson Brown (1986–1990)
Gerry DiNardo (1991–1994)
Rod Dowhower (1995–1996)
Woody Widenhofer (1997–2001)
Bobby Johnson (2002–2009)
Robbie Caldwell (2010)
James Franklin (2011–2013)
Derek Mason (2014– )

Vanderbilt Commodores athletic directors

Dan McGugin (1934–1936)
Tom Zerfoss (1940–1944)
Henry Russell Sanders (1945–1949)
Bill Edwards (1949–1953)
Arthur Guepe (1953–1962)
Jess Neely (1967–1971)
Bill Pace (1971–1973)
Jess Neely # (1973)
Clay Stapleton (1973–1978)
Roy Kramer (1978–1990)
Paul Hoolahan (1990–1995)
Jim Foster # (1996)
Todd Turner (1996–2003)
David Williams, II (2003– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim athletic director.

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