W. J. Monilaw
 Monilaw from The Savitar, 1907 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 22, 1874 |
| Died | July 18, 1964 (aged 89) Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| ? | Drake |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1903–1904 | Drake |
| 1906–1908 | Missouri |
| Track and field | |
| 1907–1910 | Missouri |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1897 | Drake |
| 1909–1910 | Missouri |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 28–13–1 (football) |
William James Monilaw (July 22, 1874 – July 18, 1964) was an American football and track and field coach and college athletics administrator. He served at the head football coach at Drake University from 1903 to 1904 and at the University of Missouri from 1906 to 1908, compiling a career college football record of 28–13–1. Every year he coached, his teams posted a winning record.[1]
Early life
[edit]Molinaw attended Cedar Rapids High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and was later accepted into Drake University.
Coaching career
[edit]Drake
[edit]Monilaw got his first coaching job as the seventh head coach for his alma mater, Drake University, for two seasons, from 1903 until 1904. His coaching record at Drake was 10–7.[2]
Missouri
[edit]From 1906 to 1908, he served as the head football coach at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, where he compiled an 18–6–1 record.[3] Monilaw was the 12th head coach for Mizzou.
Head coaching record
[edit]Football
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Bulldogs (Independent) (1903–1904) | |||||||||
| 1903 | Drake | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1904 | Drake | 5–4 | |||||||
| Drake: | 10–7 | ||||||||
| Missouri Tigers (Independent) (1906) | |||||||||
| 1906 | Missouri | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| Missouri Tigers (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1907–1908) | |||||||||
| 1907 | Missouri | 7–2 | 1–2 | 4th | |||||
| 1908 | Missouri | 6–2 | 3–2 | 4th | |||||
| Missouri: | 18–6–1 | 4–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 28–13–1 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "All-Time Coaching Records by Year". Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
- ^ "Drake Coaching Records". Archived from the original on July 27, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ Missouri Coaching Records Archived July 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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