Bill Coughlan

Bill Coughlan
Biographical details
Born	1899
Died	July 5, 1952; Chattanooga, Tennessee
Playing career
Football
1920–1922	Sewanee
Position(s)	Halfback, quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Track
1930–1931	Chattanooga
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
	Porter Cup (1920); Sewanee Athletic Hall of Fame; 2nd-team All-time Sewanee football team

William M. Coughlan (1899 – July 5, 1952)^[1] was an American college football player and track athlete and coach. He played football and ran track at Sewanee: The University of the South and was inducted into the school's sports hall of fame in 2005.^[2]^[3] Coughlan was a halfback and quarterback on the Sewanee Tigers football team and captain of the 1920 squad.^[4] He returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown against Alabama in 1922.^[5] He was second-team on the all-time Sewanee football team.^[6] Coughlan coached track at the University of Chattanooga in 1930,^[7] and later coached at Notre Dame prep.

References

^ "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS2H-JMZ : 25 May 2014), William M. Coughlan, 05 Jul 1952; citing Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, cn 52-15470, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 2,372,465.
^ http://usctrackandfield.com/1921_results.html
^ "Sewanee Athletics".
^ "The ATO Palm". ATO. 1 January 1922 – via Google Books.
^ http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/alab/graphics/docs/22-m-footbl-recaps.pdf
^ "Lettermen". Sewanee Alumni News: 14–18. 1949.
^ Govan, Gilbert Eaton; Livingood, James Weston (1 January 1947). The University of Chattanooga: Sixty Years. University of Chattanooga – via Internet Archive.

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