| Bill Carroll | |
| Birth Date: | 1 May 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Welty, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Okemah, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1952–1953 |
| Coach Team2: | Southwestern (KS) |
| Coach Sport3: | Track and field |
| Coach Years4: | 1959–1964 |
| Coach Team4: | Oklahoma |
| Overall Record: | 2–15–1 (football) |
William Morris Carroll (May 1, 1926 – December 4, 2009)[1] was an American pole vaulter and later coach of the track and field and cross country teams at the University of Oklahoma.[2]
Carroll was a world-ranked pole vaulter at the University of Oklahoma. He was the number 7 pole vaulter in the world in 1949, and moved up to the number six position in 1950.[3] Those same years, he was ranked sixth and then fifth in the US.[4] Carroll tied for second place at the NCAA Track and Field Championships in 1949 with a height of 14 feet.[5]
Carroll also enjoyed success as a high school athlete, winning the Oklahoma state high school championship in 1944.[6] While competing in collete, he set the record at the 1950 Kansas Relays[7] with a vault of 14 feet 5 inches[8] and set the record for the Big 7 Outdoor championship.[9]
Carroll was the 14th head football coach at the Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, serving for seasons, from 1952 to 1953, compiling a record of 2–15–1.[10]
Carroll was an assistant and later head coach at the University of Oklahoma for the track and field and cross country teams from 1959 until 1964.