Bill Klika Explained

Bill Klika
Birth Date:28 June 1945
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1974–1996
Coach Team2:Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham
Coach Years3:2000–2001
Coach Team3:Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham
Coach Sport4:Baseball
Coach Years5:1985
Coach Team5:Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham
Coach Years6:1987
Coach Team6:Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham
Overall Record:66–155–1 (football)
23–32 (baseball)

William Klika Jr. (born June 28, 1945) is a former American football and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He was the first head football coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University–Florham (FDU) in Florham Park, New Jersey. An NCAA Division III program, FDU began its football program in 1974 and hired then 27-year-old Klika as its first coach. Klika remained in charge of the program from 1974 through 1996, took a three-year hiatus to serve as FDU's full-time athletic director, and then returned for two final seasons in 2000 and 2001. He compiled an overall record of 66–155–1.[1]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. https://fdudevils.com/honors/hall-of-fame/bill-klika/177