William D. McHenry | |
Birth Date: | 20 June 1932 |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1950–1953 |
Player Team2: | Washington and Lee |
Player Positions: | Center |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1954–1957 |
Coach Team2: | Pennsylvania Military (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1958–1960 |
Coach Team3: | Williams (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1961–1970 |
Coach Team4: | Lebanon Valley |
Coach Years5: | 1973–1977 |
Coach Team5: | Washington and Lee |
Coach Sport6: | Lacrosse |
Coach Years7: | 1959–1960 |
Coach Team7: | Williams |
Admin Years1: | 1971–1991 |
Admin Team1: | Washington and Lee |
Admin Years2: | 1991–1996 |
Admin Team2: | Wooster |
Overall Record: | 56–70–3 (football) |
Championships: | 2 MAC Southern College Division (1961, 1969) |
William D. McHenry (born June 20, 1932)[1] [2] is a former American football and lacrosse player and coach and college athletics administrator.[3] An accomplished athlete at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, McHenry was chosen by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round of the 1954 NFL draft.[4] He also played lacrosse at Washington and Lee. McHenry served as the head coach at Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania from 1961 to 1970 before returning to his alma mater in 1973 where remained for five seasons, compiling a career college football coaching record of 56–70–3.[5] In 1958, McHenry was hired as the head lacrosse coach at Williams College, where he also worked as an assistant football coach.[6] [7] McHenry finished his career in athletics by serving as the athletic director at the College of Wooster from 1991 until his retirement in 1996.[8]