Bennie Burns Williams (January 16, 1922 – September 9, 2007)[1] was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He was the ninth head football coach at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, serving for six seasons, from 1956 to 1961, and compiling a record of 24–33.[2]
 Williams pictured in The Lasso 1957, Howard Payne yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 16, 1922 Scranton, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | September 9, 2007 (aged 85) Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1947 | Howard Payne |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1948–1955 | Howard Payne (assistant) |
| 1956–1961 | Howard Payne |
| Basketball | |
| 1951–1953 | Howard Payne |
| 1954–1955 | Howard Payne |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1956–1961 | Howard Payne |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 24–33 (football) 26–46 (basketball) |
Head coaching record edit
Football edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Payne Yellow Jackets () (1956) | |||||||||
| 1956 | Howard Payne | 6–4 | |||||||
| Howard Payne Yellow Jackets (Lone Star Conference) (1957) | |||||||||
| 1957 | Howard Payne | 3–6 | 2–5 | 7th | |||||
| 1958 | Howard Payne | 2–7 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1959 | Howard Payne | 3–7 | 3–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1960 | Howard Payne | 6–4 | 4–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1961 | Howard Payne | 4–5 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
| Howard Payne: | 24–33 | ||||||||
| Total: | 24–33 | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ American Men and Women of Science: The physical and biological sciences. 1971. ISBN 9780835205054.
- ^ Howard Payne University coaching records Archived September 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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