| Rollie Williams | |
| Birth Date: | 11 October 1897 |
| Birth Place: | Edgerton, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Death Place: | North Liberty, Iowa, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1920–1922 |
| Player Team2: | Wisconsin |
| Player Years3: | 1923 |
| Player Team3: | Racine Legion |
| Player Sport4: | Basketball |
| Player Years5: | 1920–1923 |
| Player Team5: | Wisconsin |
| Player Sport6: | Baseball |
| Player Years7: | c. 1920 |
| Player Team7: | Wisconsin |
| Player Positions: | Halfback (football) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1923 |
| Coach Team2: | Millikin |
| Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
| Coach Years4: | 1923–1924 |
| Coach Team4: | Millikin |
| Coach Years5: | 1929–1942 |
| Coach Team5: | Iowa |
| Coach Years6: | 1950–1951 |
| Coach Team6: | Iowa |
| Coach Sport14: | Baseball |
| Coach Years15: | 1924 |
| Coach Team15: | Millikin |
| Overall Record: | 4–5 (football) 149–143 (basketball) 1–6 (baseball) |
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Rolland Franklin Williams (October 11, 1897 – April 5, 1968) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Racine Legion in 1923. He played football, baseball and basketball at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Williams was the head football, basketball, and baseball coach at Millikin University during the 1923–24 academic year. He served two stints as the head basketball coach at the University of Iowa, from 1929 to 1942 and again for the 1950–51 season. He was inducted in the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1960.[1]
Williams was born in Edgerton, Wisconsin on October 11, 1897. He died on April 5, 1968, of a heart attack at his home in North Liberty, Iowa. Apart from a 40-month tour in the Navy during World War II, he spent 42 years at Iowa as an assistant coach (1924-1929), head coach (1929-1942 and 1950-1951) and assistant athletic director (1945-1966).[2]
| 1929–30 | Iowa | 4–13 | 0–0* | 10th |
| 1930–31 | Iowa | 5–12 | 2–10 | 10th |
| 1931–32 | Iowa | 5–12 | 3–9 | T-8th |
| 1932–33 | Iowa | 15–5 | 8–4 | T-3rd |
| 1933–34 | Iowa | 13–6 | 6–6 | T-5th |
| 1933–35 | Iowa | 10–9 | 6–6 | 6th |
| 1935–36 | Iowa | 9–10 | 5–7 | T-6th |
| 1936–37 | Iowa | 11–9 | 3–9 | T-8th |
| 1937–38 | Iowa | 11–9 | 6–6 | T-5th |
| 1938–39 | Iowa | 8–11 | 3–9 | 10th |
| 1939–40 | Iowa | 9–12 | 4–8 | 8th |
| 1940–41 | Iowa | 12–8 | 4–8 | 8th |
| 1941–42 | Iowa | 12–8 | 10–5 | T-2nd |
| 1950–51* | Iowa | 15–7 | 9–5 | 3rd |
| Totals | 139–131 | 69–90 |