Bill Weeks
American football player and coach (1929–2006)
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1929-10-20)October 20, 1929 Hampton, Iowa, U.S. |
Died | May 2, 2006(2006-05-02) (aged 76) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1948–1950 | Iowa State |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1954–1955 | Grinnell HS (IA) |
1956–1957 | New Mexico (ends) |
1958–1959 | New Mexico (backfield) |
1960–1967 | New Mexico |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 40–41–1 (college) 9–8–1 (high school) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
3 WAC (1962–1964) | |
Awards | |
William Weeks (October 20, 1929 – May 2, 2006)[1] was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of New Mexico from 1960 to 1967, compiling a record of 40–41–1. Weeks was an All-Big Seven Conference quarterback at Iowa State University in 1949 and 1950. He played in the East–West Shrine Game and the Hula Bowl following the 1950 season. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the eighteenth round of the 1951 NFL draft. Weeks died at the age of 76 on May 2, 2006, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[2]
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | |||
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New Mexico Lobos (Skyline Conference) (1960–1961) | |||||||||
1960 | New Mexico | 5–5 | 4–2 | 4th | |||||
1961 | New Mexico | 7–4 | 3–3 | T–3rd | W Aviation | ||||
New Mexico Lobos (Western Athletic Conference) (1962–1967) | |||||||||
1962 | New Mexico | 7–2–1 | 2–1–1 | 1st | |||||
1963 | New Mexico | 6–4 | 3–1 | 1st | |||||
1964 | New Mexico | 9–2 | 3–1 | T–1st | 16 | ||||
1965 | New Mexico | 3–7 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
1966 | New Mexico | 2–8 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
1967 | New Mexico | 1–9 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
New Mexico: | 40–41–1 | 17–21–1 | |||||||
Total: | 40–41–1 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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References
- ^ "Obituary for Weeks". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- ^ "Weeks' teams went 40-41-1". ESPN.com. Associated Press. May 4, 2006. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
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Iowa State Cyclones starting quarterbacks
- Bill Weeks (1949–1950)
- Dwight Nichols (1957–1959)
- Dave Hoppmann (1960–1962)
- Ken Bunte (1963)
- Tim Van Galder (1964–1966)
- John Warder (1967–1968)
- Obert Tisdale (1969)
- Dean Carlson (1970–1971)
- George Amundson (1972)
- Wayne Stanley (1973–1976)
- Tom Mason (1975)
- Terry Rubley (1977–1979)
- Walter Grant (1978)
- John Quinn (1980–1981)
- David Archer (1982–1983)
- Alex Espinoza (1984–1986)
- Brett Sadek (1987)
- Bret Oberg (1988–1989)
- Chris Pedersen (1990–1991)
- Bob Utter (1992–1993)
- Todd Doxzon (1994–1996)
- Todd Brandhauer (1995–1998)
- Sage Rosenfels (1997–2000)
- Seneca Wallace (2001–2002)
- Austin Flynn (2003)
- Bret Meyer (2004–2007)
- Austen Arnaud (2008–2010)
- Steele Jantz (2011–2012)
- Sam Richardson (2013–2015)
- Grant Rohach (2013–2014)
- Joel Lanning (2015–2016)
- Jacob Park (2016–2017)
- Kyle Kempt (2017–2018)
- Zeb Noland (2017–2018)
- Brock Purdy (2018–2021)
- Hunter Dekkers (2022)
- Rocco Becht (2023)