William L. Driver

William L. Driver

Driver at Washburn, c. 1912
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born	(1883-11-07)November 7, 1883 Missouri
Died	Tulare County, California
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1911–1912	Washburn
1913–1914	Ole Miss
1920–1921	TCU
1923–1927	Northern Branch Agriculture
1929	Loyola Los Angeles
Basketball
1917–1920	Texas A&M
1920–1922	TCU
1923–1927	Northern Branch Agriculture
Head coaching record
Overall	58–45–7 (football) 67–56 (basketball)
Bowls	0–1
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 TIAA (1920) Basketball 1 SWC (1920)

William Lloyd "Billy" Driver (November 7, 1883 – November 29, 1941) was an American football and 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 1917, 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 Northern Branch Agriculture, tallying a career college basketball mark of 67–56. He was born in Missouri in 1883.

Coaching career

At Washburn, Driver was the 12th head football coach and 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.

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.

He died in California in 1941.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Washburn Ichabods (Kansas College Athletic Conference) (1911–1912)
1911	Washburn	3–4–2
1912	Washburn	5–3
Washburn:		8–8–1
Ole Miss Rebels (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1913–1914)
1913	Ole Miss	6–3–1
1914	Ole Miss	5–4–1
Ole Miss:		11–7–2
TCU Horned Frogs (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1920)
1920	TCU	9–1		1st	L Fort Worth Classic
TCU Horned Frogs (Independent) (1922)
1921	TCU	6–3–1
TCU:		14–4–1
Northern Branch Agriculture Aggies (Independent) (1923–1924)
1923	Northern Branch Agriculture	2–7
1924	Northern Branch Agriculture	5–4–1
Northern Branch Agriculture Aggies (Far Western Conference) (1925–1927)
1925	Northern Branch Agriculture	5–3	2–2	3rd
1926	Northern Branch Agriculture	2–6–1	0–4	5th
1927	Northern Branch Agriculture	4–3–1	2–1	2nd
Northern Branch Agriculture:		18–23–3	4–7
Loyola Los Angeles Lions (Independent) (1929)
1929	Loyola Los Angeles	6–3
Loyola Los Angeles:		6–3
Total:		58–45–7

External links

• William L. Driver at the College Football Data Warehouse