Bill Gray (American football coach)

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Bill Gray
Biographical details
Alma materMississippi College (1991)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1994–2001Samford (assistant)
2001–2006Samford
Tennis
1991Mississippi College
Head coaching record
Overall27–33
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
OVC Coach of the Year (2003)

Bill Gray is a former American football and tennis coach. He served as the full-time head football coach at Samford University from 2002 to 2006, after being named the interim head coach midway through the 2001 season.[1]

Gray is a 1991 graduate of Mississippi College, where was the head tennis coach in the early 1990s.[2]

Head coaching record[edit]

Football[edit]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Samford Bulldogs (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (2001–2002)
2001 Samford 4–1[n 1]
2002 Samford 4–7
Samford Bulldogs (Ohio Valley Conference) (2003–2006)
2003 Samford 7–4 5–3 T–3rd
2004 Samford 4–7 3–5 T–6th
2005 Samford 5–6 4–4 T–4th
2006 Samford 3–8 1–7 8th
Samford: 27–33 31–32
Total: 27–33

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Pete Hurt served as head coach for the first five games of the 2001 season before. Gray was named interim head coach and led Samford for the final five games of the season. The Wildcats finished the year 5–5 overall.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Poole, Philip (November 26, 2001). "Samford Names Gray Head Football Coach". Samford University. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  2. ^ Paulling, Daniel (May 16, 2011). "Hewitt-Trussville AD search down to final four candidates". The Birmingham News. al.com. Retrieved November 10, 2019.