William Shadoan Explained

William Shadoan
Birth Date:8 December 1894
Birth Place:Somerset, Kentucky
Death Place:Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1921
Player Team2:Centre
Player Positions:Guard
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1923–1924
Coach Team2:Valparaiso
Coach Sport3:Basketball
Coach Years4:1923–1925
Coach Team4:Valparaiso
Overall Record:9–5–3 (football)
33–9 (basketball)

William Parker Shadoan (December 8, 1894 – June 20, 1974) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and military officer. He served as head football, basketball, and baseball coach at Valparaiso University during the 1923–24 and 1924–25 academic years. Shadoan attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where he played college football as a guard on the 1921 Centre Praying Colonels football team. He served in the United States Army during the Pancho Villa Expedition and with the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. He reached the rank of colonel and later served as the superintendent of a number of military schools.[1]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. News: . Col. W. P. Shadoan, 76, Dies . . . June 21, 1974 . 1 . June 3, 2019 . .