Bill Ramseyer | |
Birth Date: | November 29, 1936 |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1957 |
Player Team2: | Bluffton |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1958–1959 |
Coach Team2: | Ansonia HS (OH) |
Coach Years3: | 1960 |
Coach Team3: | Blume HS (OH) |
Coach Years4: | 1961 |
Coach Team4: | Plymouth HS (OH) |
Coach Years5: | 1962–1964 |
Coach Team5: | Firelands HS (OH) |
Coach Years6: | 1965 |
Coach Team6: | Brunswick HS (OH) |
Coach Years7: | 1966–1967 |
Coach Team7: | Bluffton (assistant) |
Coach Years8: | 1969–1971 |
Coach Team8: | Missouri (LB) |
Coach Years9: | 1972–1990 |
Coach Team9: | Wilmington (OH) |
Coach Years10: | 1991–2001 |
Coach Team10: | Clinch Valley / Virginia–Wise |
Coach Sport11: | Baseball |
Coach Years12: | 1967–1968 |
Coach Team12: | Bluffton |
Admin Years1: | 1975–1988 |
Admin Team1: | Wilmington (OH) |
Overall Record: | 176–104–4 (college football) 16–17 (college baseball) |
Tournament Record: | Football 2–5 (NAIA D-II playoffs) |
Championships: | Football 3 Hoosier–Buckeye (1980, 1982–1983) |
Bill Ramseyer (November 29, 1936 – February 18, 2021)[1] was an American football coach, player of football and baseball, and college athletics administrator.
He served as the head football coach at Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio from 1972 to 1990 and at the University of Virginia's College at Wise from 1991 to 2001 compiling a career college football record of 176–104–4. Ramseyer led Wilmington to three NAIA playoff appearances in 1980, 1982, and 1983, reaching the Division II National Championship game in 1980. Ramseyer was inducted into both schools' hall of fame.
In 2009-10, Ramseyer was head coach of the Winterthur Warriors in Switzerland Nationalliga A (American football). The Warriors reached the Swiss league playoffs semi-final in 2009, losing to the Calanda Broncos. Randy Hippeard, Ramseyer's former star quarterback at Virginia-Wise was signed and was the Warriors starting QB in 2009-2010.