Bill Dole

Bill Dole

Dole pictured in The Tecoan 1950, ECU yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1909-07-05)July 5, 1909 Kalamazoo, Michigan
Died	February 7, 1966(1966-02-07) (aged 56) Hickory, North Carolina
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
?	Beaver HS (WV)
1946–1948	Fayetteville HS (NC)
1949–1951	East Carolina
1952–1964	Davidson
Head coaching record
Overall	58–80–5 (college)

William Edward Dole Sr. (July 5, 1909 – February 7, 1966) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at East Carolina University from 1949 to 1951 and Davidson College from 1952 to 1964, compiling a career college football coaching record of 58–80–5. Dole died in his car at the age of 56, near his apartment in North Carolina, due to a heart attack on February 7, 1966.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
East Carolina Pirates (Independent) (1949–1951)
1949	East Carolina	4–5–1	1–4–1	7th
1950	East Carolina	7–3	5–2	4th
1951	East Carolina	4–6	1–4	T–5th
East Carolina:		15–14–1	7–10–1
Davidson Wildcats (Southern Conference) (1952–1964)
1952	Davidson	2–7	1–6	14th
1953	Davidson	0–9	0–5	10th
1954	Davidson	6–3	2–1	4th
1955	Davidson	5–4	3–2	T–3rd
1956	Davidson	5–3–1	2–2–1	T–4th
1957	Davidson	5–3	1–3	T–7th
1958	Davidson	5–4	2–3	T–6th
1959	Davidson	1–8	0–5	T–8th
1960	Davidson	3–5	1–3	7th
1961	Davidson	4–4	1–4	8th
1962	Davidson	3–5–1	0–4–1	9th
1963	Davidson	1–5–2	0–4–1	9th
1964	Davidson	3–6	1–3	7th
Davidson:		43–66–4	14–45–3
Total:		58–80–5

External links

• Bill Dole at Find a Grave