W. O. Hamilton

W. O. Hamilton
Biographical details
Born	March 29, 1876; Huntsville, Missouri, U.S.
Died	December 29, 1951 (aged 75); Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
Alma mater	William Jewell College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1898–1899	William Jewell
1906–1908	William Jewell
1909–1919	Kansas
Track and field
1909–1918	Kansas
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1911–1919	Kansas
Head coaching record
Overall	142–73 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Basketball; 5 MVIAA (1910–1912, 1914–1915)

William Oliver Hamilton (March 29, 1876 – December 29, 1951) was an American basketball coach, track coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the third head basketball coach at the University of Kansas, coaching the Jayhawks from 1909 to 1919. Under Hamilton Kansas had its first All-Americans Tommy Johnson (1909), Ralph Sproull (1915), and Dutch Lonborg (1919) who would later be a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Before coaching at Kansas, Hamilton was the coach at Central High School in Kansas City at the time Casey Stengel future member of the Baseball Hall of Fame was attending and played basketball as well as baseball. His basketball team won the city championship.^[1]^[2]

Hamilton later worked as a car dealer in Lawrence, Kansas. He died there of December 29, 1951 at the age of 75.^[3]

Head coaching record

Basketball

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
William Jewell Cardinals (Independent) (1898–1899)
1898–99	William Jewell	1–2
William Jewell Cardinals (Independent) (1906–1908)
1906–07	William Jewell	4–5
1907–08	William Jewell	12–6
William Jewell:		17–13
Kansas Jayhawks (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1909–1919)
1909–10	Kansas	18–1	7–1	1st
1910–11	Kansas	12–6	9–3	1st
1911–12	Kansas	11–7	6–2	1st
1912–13	Kansas	16–6	7–3	2nd
1913–14	Kansas	17–1	13–1	1st
1914–15	Kansas	16–1	13–1	1st
1915-16	Kansas	6–12	5–11	4th
1916-17	Kansas	12–8	9–7	4th
1917-18	Kansas	10–8	9–8	3rd
1918–19	Kansas	7–9	5–9	5th
Kansas:		125–59	83–46
Total:		142–72
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

^ "W. O. Hamilton 1909-1918". Hoops Zone. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
^ Bishop, Bill. "Casey Stengel". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
^ "Old Home Town; 10 Years Ago 1951". Lawrence Journal-World. December 29, 1961. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[1] "W. O. Hamilton 1909-1918". Hoops Zone. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

[sabr-2] Bishop, Bill. "Casey Stengel". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved October 3, 2017.

[3] "Old Home Town; 10 Years Ago 1951". Lawrence Journal-World. December 29, 1961. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

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v t e Kansas Jayhawks track and field head coaches
Men's	James Naismith (1900–1906) J. P. Hagerman (1906–1909) W. O. Hamilton (1909–1918) Karl Schlademan (1918–1926) Harold Huff (1926–1929) Brutus Hamilton (1929–1932) Homer Woodson Hargiss (1932–1943) Ray Kanehl (1943–1947) Bill Easton (1947–1965) Bob Timmons (1965–1988) Gary Schwartz (1988–2000) Stanley Redwine (2000– )
Women's	Marian Washington (1972–1973) Thad Talley (1973–1975) Gary Pepin (1975–1976) Tom Lionvale (1976–1977) Teri Anderson (1977–1980) Carla Coffey (1980–1987) Cliff Rovelto (1987–1988) Gary Schwartz (1988–2000) Stanley Redwine (2000– )