William Joy (American football)

William Joy
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	c. 1888
Playing career
1909–1911	Holy Cross (MA)
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1912–1913	Boston College
1914–1920	Hyde Park HS (MA)
1921–1926	Boston College (assistant)
1927–1932	Fordham (assistant)
1933–1938	Canisius
Head coaching record
Overall	32–24–5 (college)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Western New York Little Three Conference (1934, 1936)

William P. "Hiker" Joy (c. 1888 – ?) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Boston College from 1912 to 1913 and at Canisius College from 1933 to 1938, compiling a career college football record of 32–24–5.

Biography

An All-American end at Holy Cross, Joy was hired as Boston College's head coach months after graduating college. In his second season as head coach, he led BC to their first winning season of the 20th century. On December 14, 1914, Joy was named faculty coach at Hyde Park High School in Hyde Park, Massachusetts.^[1] Joy returned to Boston College in 1921 as an assistant to Frank Cavanaugh.^[2] When Cavanaugh left BC in 1927, Joy followed him to Fordham where he remained as an assistant until 1932. From 1933 to 1938, Joy was the head coach at Canisius College.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Boston College Eagles (Independent) (1912–1913)
1912	Boston College	2–4–1
1913	Boston College	4–3–1
Boston College:		6–7–2
Canisius Golden Griffins (Western New York Little Three Conference) (1933–1938)
1933	Canisius	6–1–1	0–1–1	3rd
1934	Canisius	4–2	2–0	1st
1935	Canisius	3–3–1	1–1	2nd
1936	Canisius	7–1	2–0	1st
1937	Canisius	4–4–1	1–1
1938	Canisius	2–6	1–1
Canisius:		26–17–3	7–4–1
Total:		32–24–5
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

External links

William Joy at the College Football Data Warehouse

Boston College Eagles head football coaches

Joseph Drum (1893)
William Nagle (1894)
Joseph Lawless (1895)
Frank Carney (1896)
John Dunlop (1897–1899)
No team (1900)
John Dunlop (1901)
Arthur White (1902)
No team (1903–1907)
Joe Reilly & Joe Kenney (1908)
Thomas H. Maguire (1909)
James Hart (1910)
Joseph Courtney (1911)
William Joy (1912–1913)
Stephen Mahoney (1914–1915)
Charles Brickley (1916–1917)
Frank Morrissey (1918)
Frank Cavanaugh (1919–1926)
D. Leo Daley (1927)
Joe McKenney (1928–1934)
Dinny McNamara (1935)
Harry Downes # (1935)
Gil Dobie (1936–1938)
Frank Leahy (1939–1940)
Denny Myers (1941–1942)
Moody Sarno # (1943–1945)
Denny Myers (1946–1950)
Mike Holovak (1951–1959)
Ernie Hefferle (1960–1961)
Jim Miller (1962–1967)
Joe Yukica (1968–1977)
Ed Chlebek (1978–1980)
Jack Bicknell (1981–1990)
Tom Coughlin (1991–1993)
Dan Henning (1994–1996)
Tom O'Brien (1997–2006)
Frank Spaziani # (2006)
Jeff Jagodzinski (2007–2008)
Frank Spaziani (2009–2012)
Steve Addazio (2013– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Canisius Golden Griffins head football coaches

No coach (1918)
Herman Bleich (1919–1920)
Luke Urban (1921–1930)
Eugene Oberst (1931–1932)
Mike Traynor (1932)
William Joy (1933–1938)
James B. Wilson (1939–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Earl Brown (1946–1947)
James B. Wilson (1948–1949)
No team (1950–1966)
Unknown (1967–1974)
Bill Brooks (1975–1981)
Tom Hersey (1982–1991)
Barry Mynter (1992–1994)
Chuck Williams (1995–1999)
Ed Argast (2000–2002)

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