| Bill Docherty | |
| Birth Date: | 5 March 1915 |
| Birth Place: | New York, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1933–1936 |
| Player Team2: | Temple |
| Player Years3: | 1937 |
| Player Team3: | Wilmington Clippers |
| Player Positions: | Tackle |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1937–1941 |
| Coach Team2: | Haverford (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1946–1950 |
| Coach Team3: | Haverford (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1953–1962 |
| Coach Team4: | Haverford (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1963–1966 |
| Coach Team5: | Haverford |
| Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
| Coach Years7: | 1941–1943 |
| Coach Team7: | Haverford |
| Coach Years8: | 1947–1949 |
| Coach Team8: | Haverford |
| Coach Sport9: | Baseball |
| Coach Years10: | 1943 |
| Coach Team10: | Haverford |
| Coach Years11: | 1960 |
| Coach Team11: | Haverford |
| Overall Record: | 5–22–1 (football) 17–39 (basketball) |
William Docherty Jr. (March 5, 1915 – October 27, 1972) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, baseball, and golf. He was selected in the ninth round of the 1937 NFL draft.[1] He served as the head football coach at Haverford College from 1963 to 1966. Docherty was also the head basketball coach at Haverford, from 1941 to 1943 and 1947 to 1949, and the school's head baseball coach in 1943 and 1960.
Docherty played college football as a tackle at Temple University. He was hired as line coach for the football team at Haverford in 1937.[2] Aside from serving in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1945 and 1951 to 1952, Docherty remained an assistant coach for the Haverford Fords football team until succeeding Roy Randall as head coach in 1963. Docherty was also the head golf coach, director of intramural athletics, and a professor of physical education at Haverford.[3] He served as Haverford head football coach for four seasons, compiling a record of 5–22–1 before resigning after the 1966 season.[4]
Docherty died of cancer, on October 27, 1972, at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.[5]