William James McAvoy (October 16, 1884 – September 17, 1956)[1][2] was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Delaware (1908–1916, 1922–1924), Drexel University (1920–1921), and the University of Vermont (1925–1927), compiling a college football record of 52–70–14.
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![]() McAvoy pictured in The Blue Hen 1913, Delaware yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1884-10-16)October 16, 1884 Hazleton, Pennsylvania |
Died | September 17, 1956(1956-09-17) (aged 71) Burlington County, New Jersey |
Playing career | |
Football | |
c. 1900 | Lafayette |
Position(s) | Fullback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1908–1916 | Delaware |
1920–1921 | Drexel |
1922–1924 | Delaware |
1925–1927 | Vermont |
Basketball | |
1909–1918 | Delaware |
1919–1920 | Lafayette |
1920–1922 | Drexel |
1922–1925 | Delaware |
1925–1928 | Vermont |
1928–1929 | Haverford |
Baseball | |
1909–1914 | Delaware |
1923–1925 | Delaware |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1909–1917 | Delaware |
1922–1926 | Delaware |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 52–70–14 (football) 108–137 (basketball) 36–77–3 (baseball) |
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (Independent) (1908–1916) | |||||||||
1908 | Delaware | 3–4–1 | |||||||
1909 | Delaware | 1–6–1 | |||||||
1910 | Delaware | 1–2–2 | |||||||
1911 | Delaware | 2–5–2 | |||||||
1912 | Delaware | 1–6–1 | |||||||
1913 | Delaware | 2–4–2 | |||||||
1914 | Delaware | 7–1–1 | |||||||
1915 | Delaware | 6–3 | |||||||
1916 | Delaware | 4–3–1 | |||||||
Drexel (Independent) (1920–1921) | |||||||||
1920 | Drexel | 0–6 | |||||||
1921 | Drexel | 2–3–1 | |||||||
Drexel: | 2–9–1 | ||||||||
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (Independent) (1922–1924) | |||||||||
1922 | Delaware | 6–3 | |||||||
1923 | Delaware | 5–3–1 | |||||||
1924 | Delaware | 4–3–1 | |||||||
Delaware: | 42–43–13 | ||||||||
Vermont Green and Gold / Catamounts (Independent) (1925–1927) | |||||||||
1925 | Vermont | 3–6 | |||||||
1926 | Vermont | 3–6 | |||||||
1927 | Vermont | 2–6 | |||||||
Vermont: | 8–18 | ||||||||
Total: | 52–70–14 |
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Delaware (Independent) (1909–1918) | |||||||||
1909–10 | Delaware | 5–7 | |||||||
1910–11 | Delaware | 7–6 | |||||||
1911–12 | Delaware | 2–10 | |||||||
1912–13 | Delaware | 1–6 | |||||||
1913–14 | Delaware | 3–6 | |||||||
1914–15 | Delaware | 5–7 | |||||||
1915–16 | Delaware | 7–4 | |||||||
1916–17 | Delaware | 8–6 | |||||||
1917–18 | Delaware | 5–6 | |||||||
Lafayette (Independent) (1919–1920) | |||||||||
1919–20 | Lafayette | 3–7 | |||||||
Lafayette: | 3–7 (.300) | ||||||||
Drexel (Independent) (1920–1922) | |||||||||
1920–21 | Drexel | ||||||||
1921–22 | Drexel | ||||||||
Drexel: | 12–14 (.462) | ||||||||
Delaware (Independent) (1922–1925) | |||||||||
1922–23 | Delaware | 7–6 | |||||||
1923–24 | Delaware | 6–8 | |||||||
1924–25 | Delaware | 2–11 | |||||||
Delaware: | 58–83 (.411) | ||||||||
Vermont (Independent) (1925–1928) | |||||||||
1925–26 | Vermont | 12–9 | |||||||
1926–27 | Vermont | 11–5 | |||||||
1927–28 | Vermont | 10–9 | |||||||
Vermont: | 33–23 (.589) | ||||||||
Haverford (Independent) (1928–1929) | |||||||||
1928–29 | Haverford | 2–10 | |||||||
Haverford: | 2–10 (.167) | ||||||||
Total: | 108–137 (.441) |
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