Ernest Claude Wills (March 28, 1892 – December 24, 1976) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Tempe Normal School, now Arizona State University, in 1922 and at Chadron State College in 1924, compiling a career college football record of 8–4–1. Wills was also the head basketball coach at Tempe Normal in 1922–23, tallying a mark of 8–4, and the head baseball coach at the school in 1923, guiding his baseball squad to a 5–5 record. Wills graduated the University of Iowa in 1916 with a degree in engineering. He played on the Iowa Hawkeyes football team from 1913 through 1915.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 28, 1892 Clinton, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | December 24, 1976 (aged 84) Bryan, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1913–1915 | Iowa |
| Position(s) | Fullback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1922 | Tempe Normal |
| 1923 | Fremont HS (NE) |
| 1924 | Chadron Normal |
| Basketball | |
| 1922–1923 | Tempe Normal |
| 1924–1925 | Chadron Normal |
| Baseball | |
| 1923 | Tempe Normal |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1922 | Tempe Normal |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8–4–1 (college football) 12–14 (college basketball) 5–5 (college baseball) |
Wills graduated from Clinton High School in Clinton, Iowa. In 1923, he was hired physical director and coach at Fremont High School in Fremont, Nebraska.[1] Wills died on December 24, 1976, at St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan, Texas.[2]
Head coaching record
editCollege football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tempe Normal Bulldogs (Independent) (1919) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Tempe Normal | 0–3–1 | |||||||
| Tempe Normal: | 0–3–1 | ||||||||
| Chadron Normal Eagles (Nebraska College Athletic Conference) (1924) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Chadron Normal | 8–1 | 5–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| Chadron Normal: | 8–1 | 5–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 8–4–1 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Iowa Man Chosen As Coach For The Fremont Schools". Fremont Tribune. Fremont, Nebraska. August 20, 1923. p. 5. Retrieved June 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Ernest C. Wills". The Daily Sentinel. Woodstock, Illinois. December 27, 1976. p. 10. Retrieved June 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
