William Juneau Explained

William Juneau
Birth Date:February 24, 1879
Birth Place:Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Death Date:October 9, 1949 (aged 70)
Death Place:Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1899–1902
Player Team2:Wisconsin
Player Positions:End, halfback
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1903
Coach Team2:Fort Atkinson HS (WI)
Coach Years3:1904
Coach Team3:Colorado College
Coach Years4:1906–1907
Coach Team4:South Dakota State
Coach Years5:1908–1911
Coach Team5:Marquette
Coach Years6:1912–1915
Coach Team6:Wisconsin
Coach Years7:1917–1919
Coach Team7:Texas
Coach Years8:1920–1922
Coach Team8:Kentucky
Coach Sport9:Basketball
Coach Years10:1905–1907
Coach Team10:South Dakota State
Coach Sport11:Baseball
Coach Years12:1906–1908
Coach Team12:South Dakota State
Coach Years13:1913
Coach Team13:Wisconsin
Overall Record:86–39–10 (college football)
7–5 (basketball)
15–12–1 (baseball)
Championships:Football
1 Western (1912)
1 SWC (1918)

William J. Juneau (February 24, 1879 – October 9, 1949) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Colorado College (1904), South Dakota State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (1906–1907), Marquette University (1908–1911), the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1912–1915), the University of Texas at Austin (1917–1919), and the University of Kentucky (1920–1922), compiling a career college football record of 86–39–10. Juneau was also the head basketball coach at South Dakota State for two seasons from 1905 to 1907, tallying a mark of 7–5. He coached baseball at South Dakota State in 1906 and 1908 and at Wisconsin in 1913, amassing a career college baseball record of 15–12–1.

Biography

Juneau was the grandnephew of Solomon Juneau (1793–1856), a fur trader, land speculator, and politician who helped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Juneau played football at Wisconsin as an end and halfback from 1899 to 1902 and captained the Wisconsin Badgers football team in 1902. He began his coaching career in 1903 at Fort Atkinson High School in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. Juneau retired from coaching 1923 and entered the real estate business.

He died on October 9, 1949, at the age of 70 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1]

Head coaching record

College football

Notes and References

  1. News: William J. Juneau, 70, Ex-football Coach . . . October 10, 1949 . December 21, 2010 .