William L. Driver Explained

William L. Driver
Birth Date:7 November 1883
Birth Place:Missouri, U.S.
Death Place:Tulare County, California, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1906–1908
Player Team2:Missouri
Player Sport3:Basketball
Player Years4:1906–1908
Player Team4:Missouri
Player Positions:End (football)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1911–1912
Coach Team2:Washburn
Coach Years3:1913–1914
Coach Team3:Ole Miss
Coach Years4:1920–1921
Coach Team4:TCU
Coach Years5:1923–1927
Coach Team5:Cal Aggies
Coach Years6:1929
Coach Team6:Loyola (CA)
Coach Sport7:Basketball
Coach Years8:1917–1920
Coach Team8:Texas A&M
Coach Years9:1920–1922
Coach Team9:TCU
Coach Years10:1923–1927
Coach Team10:Cal Aggies
Admin Years1:1910–1913
Admin Team1:Washburn
Admin Years2:1913–1915
Admin Team2:Ole Miss
Admin Years3:1915–1919
Admin Team3:Texas A&M
Admin Years4:1920–1922
Admin Team4:TCU
Overall Record:58–45–7 (football)
67–56 (basketball)
Bowl Record:0–1
Championships:Football
1 TIAA (1920)

Basketball
1 SWC (1920)

William Lloyd Driver (November 7, 1883 – November 29, 1941) was an American college football and college basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Washburn University from 1911 to 1912, at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) from 1913 to 1914, at Texas Christian University (TCU) from 1920 to 1921, at the Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture—now University of California, Davis—from 1923 to 1927, and at Loyola College of Los Angeles—now Loyola Marymount University—in 1929, compiling a career college football record of 58–45–7. Driver was also the head basketball coach at Texas A&M University, TCU, and Cal Aggies, tallying a career college basketball mark of 67–56.

Driver was born in Missouri in 1883. He died in California in 1941.

Coaching career

At Washburn, Driver was the 12th head football coach and athletic director; he held that position for two seasons, from 1911 until 1912. His overall coaching record was 8–8–1. This ranks him 17th in terms of total wins and 19th in terms of winning percentage.[1]

From 1913 to 1914, he coached at Mississippi, where he compiled an 11–7–2 record. From 1920 to 1921, he coached at TCU, where he compiled a 15–4–1 season. That total included a 9–1 season in 1920. From 1923 to 1927, he coached at UC Davis and compiled an 18–23–3 record.

Between 1917 and 1920 he coached basketball at Texas A&M where he compiled an overall record of 42–13. In 1919–20, his team won the Southwest Conference championship.

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Football Guide . 2024-01-29 . Washburn University Athletics . en.