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.
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]