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. 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.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 24, 1884 Concord, North Carolina |
| Died | May 3, 1959 (aged 74) Franklin, North Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 61–28–7 (football) 18–11 (basketball) 128–75–5 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 SoCon (1922) | |
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. This would be his only professional game, however. In his lone at-bat Fetzer failed to record a hit. He threw with his left hand and hit with his right. Prior to this professional career, Fetzer played collegiately at Davidson College.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson Wildcats (Independent) (1915–1918) | |||||||||
| 1915 | Davidson | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1916 | Davidson | 5–3–1 | |||||||
| 1917 | Davidson | 6–4 | |||||||
| 1918 | Davidson | 2–1–1 | |||||||
| Davidson: | 17–11–3 | ||||||||
| NC State Aggies (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919–1920) | |||||||||
| 1919 | NC State | 7–2 | |||||||
| 1920 | NC State | 7–3 | |||||||
| NC State: | 14–5 | ||||||||
| North Carolina Tar Heels (Southern Conference) (1921–1925) | |||||||||
| 1921 | North Carolina | 5–2–2 | 2–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1922 | North Carolina | 9–1 | 5–0 | T–1st | |||||
| 1923 | North Carolina | 5–3–1 | 2–1–1 | 8th | |||||
| 1924 | North Carolina | 4–5 | 2–3 | T–14th | |||||
| 1925 | North Carolina | 7–1–1 | 4–0–1 | 3rd | |||||
| North Carolina: | 30–12–4 | 15–5–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 61–28–7 | ||||||||
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