Bill Coughlan should not be confused with Bill Coughlin.
| Bill Coughlan | |
| Birth Date: | 1899 |
| Death Place: | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1920–1922 |
| Player Team2: | Sewanee |
| Player Positions: | Halfback, quarterback |
| Coach Sport1: | Track |
| Coach Years2: | 1930–1931 |
| Coach Team2: | Chattanooga |
| 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 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.