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{{short description|American athlete and coach (1884–1959)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Bill Fetzer
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| alt =
| caption = Pictured in ''Quips and Cranks 1917'', Davidson yearbook
| sport = [[American football|Football]], [[basketball]], [[baseball]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|6|24}}
| birth_place = [[Concord, North Carolina]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|5|3|1884|6|24}}
| death_place = [[Franklin, North Carolina]], U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Baseball
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| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| CFbDWID = 760
| championships = Football<br>1 [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] (1922)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
'''William McKinnon Fetzer''' (June 24, 1884 – May 3, 1959), also commonly known as '''Bill''' and '''Willy''', was an [[American football]], [[basketball]], and [[baseball]] coach. He served as the head football coach at [[Davidson College]] (1915–1918), [[North Carolina State University]] (1919–1920), and the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] (1921–1925), compiling a career [[college football]] record of 61–28–7. His brother, [[Bob Fetzer]], served as co-head football coach at the University of North Carolina and later became the first and longest serving Athletics Director for the university. Fetzer also was the head basketball coach at Davidson for two seasons, from 1916 to 1918, tallying a mark of 18–11. In addition, he coached baseball at Davidson (1915–1919), NC State (1920), and North Carolina (1921–1925), amassing a career [[college baseball]] record of 128–75–5.
 
==Baseball career==
Fetzer was also a professional baseball player. He made his [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) debut on September 4, 1906 as a [[pinch hitter]] for the [[Philadelphia Athletics]]. In his lone [[at bat]] Fetzer failed to record a hit. This would be his only major league game, although he continued to play in the [[Minor League Baseball|minor leagues]], primarily as an [[outfielder]], until 1910. He threw with his left hand and hit with his right. Prior to thishis professional career, Fetzer played collegiately at [[Davidson College]].
 
==Head coaching record==
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{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Davidson Wildcats football|Davidson Wildcats]]
| conf = [[South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]Independent
| startyear = 1915
| endyear = 1918single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1915 college football season|1915]]
| name = [[1915 Davidson football team|Davidson]]
| overall = 4–3–1
| conference =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Davidson Wildcats football|Davidson Wildcats]]
| conf = [[South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
| startyear = 1916
| endyear = 1918
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1916 college football season|1916]]
| name = [[1916 Davidson Wildcats football team|Davidson]]
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference = 1–2
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
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| name = [[1917 Davidson Wildcats football team|Davidson]]
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 1–2
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
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| championship =
| year = [[1918 college football season|1918]]
| name = [[1918 Davidson Wildcats football team|Davidson]]
| overall = 2–1–1
| conference = 2–0
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
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| name = Davidson
| overall = 17–11–3
| confrecord = 4–4
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[NC State Wolfpack football|NC State Aggies]]
| conf = [[South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
| startyear = 1919
| endyear = 1920
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| championship =
| year = [[1919 college football season|1919]]
| name = [[1919 NC State Aggies football team|NC State]]
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
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| championship =
| year = [[1920 college football season|1920]]
| name = [[1920 NC State Aggies football team|NC State]]
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
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| name = NC State
| overall = 14–5
| confrecord = 7–3
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
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| name = North Carolina
| overall = 30–12–4
| confrecord = 15–5–222–8–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
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==External links==
* {{Baseballstats | br=f/fetzewi01 | brm=fetzer001wil }}▼
* {{CFBCR|760|Bill Fetzer}}
* {{Find a Grave|44692047}}
▲{{Baseballstats | br=f/fetzewi01 | brm=fetzer001wil }}
 
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