| William Everett Derryberry | |
| Birth Date: | 11 October 1906 |
| Birth Place: | Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Cookeville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Oxford (BA, 1932, MA, 1940) |
| Player Years1: | 1925 |
| Player Team1: | Tennessee |
| Player Years2: | 1927 |
| Player Team2: | Tennessee |
| Player Positions: | Halfback |
| Coach Years1: | 1934–1936 |
| Coach Team1: | Tennessee JC |
William Everett Derryberry (October 11, 1906 – October 26, 1991) was an American football player and coach and university president.
Derryberry was a football player at the University of Tennessee, lettering in 1925 and 1927. He was the first person in that school's history to earn a perfect 4.0 grade point average. He was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity (Beta Sigma chapter) at the University of Tennessee and was recognized by the fraternity as a Significant Sig in 1977.[1] He served as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee Junior College at Martin (now known as UT Martin) from 1934 to 1936.[2]
Before and after his coaching career, he earned two degrees from Oxford University in Oxford, England while studying as a Rhodes Scholar.[3]
Derryberry was the president of Tennessee Tech from 1940 to 1974.[4] The university's administration building is named in his honor.[5] [6]