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]