Bill Dole

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template other 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.

Life

Dole was born July 5, 1909, in Galesburg, Michigan, the son of Clinton Howard Dole and his wife, Alma Lovica (Eaton) Dole. His parents had married on September 11, 1906, and divorced on February 16, 1918.

His father would remarry, divorce again, remarry again, and divorce again. From his father's third marriage, Dole has a step-sister, Kay Dole McConnell Warnicke (1932–2007).

Through his father, he is a descendant of Louis DuBois, Louis Bevier, Simon LeFevre, Andries LeFevre, and Christian Deyo, all patentees, or founders, of New Paltz, New York. He also descends from the DeWitt family, making him a distant cousin of former New York State Governor DeWitt Clinton.

He married Helen Elizabeth Williams (1912–1964), a native of Beckley, West Virginia, on August 18, 1934, in Manhattan, New York. They had one son, William Edward Dole Jr. (1942–2011).

Dole died in his car at the age of 56, near his apartment in Newton, 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 (North State Conference) (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

References

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