| Bill Battle | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Place of birth |  Birmingham, Alabama |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 59-22-2 | |
| Bowls | 4-1 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1960-1962 | Alabama | |
| Position | End | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1964-1965 1966-1969 1970-1976 |
Army (assistant) Tennessee (assistant) Tennessee |
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Bill Battle is a licensing executive and a former college football player and coach. He was the head football coach at the University of Tennessee from 1970-76. At the time he began as head coach, he was the youngest college head coach in the country. A native of Birmingham, Alabama and a graduate of the University of Alabama, Battle was one of many of Bear Bryant's former players and assistant coaches who later became head coaches.
Battle is the founder and chairman of
Battle is also a member of the group that votes in the Harris Interactive College Football Poll.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Tennessee Volunteers (Southeastern Conference) (1970–1976) | |||||||||
| 1970 | Tennessee | 11-1 | 4-1 | 2nd | W Sugar | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1971 | Tennessee | 10-2 | 4-2 | T-4th | W Liberty | 9 | 9 | ||
| 1972 | Tennessee | 10-2 | 4-2 | 4th | W Bluebonnet | 11 | 8 | ||
| 1973 | Tennessee | 8-4 | 3-3 | 4th | L Gator | 19 | |||
| 1974 | Tennessee | 7-3-2 | 2-3-1 | T-7th | W Liberty | 15 | 20 | ||
| 1975 | Tennessee | 7-5 | 3-3 | 5th | |||||
| 1976 | Tennessee | 6-5 | 2-4 | 8th | |||||
| Tennessee: | 59-22-2 | 22-18-1 | |||||||
| Total: | 59-22-2 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. |
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| Preceded by Doug Dickey |
University of Tennessee Head Football Coach 1970– 1976 |
Succeeded by Johnny Majors |
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