| Bill Glassford | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| Sport | College football | |
| Born | March 8, 1914 | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 50–40–4 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
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| Playing career | ||
| 1934–1936 | Pittsburgh | |
| Position | Fullback / Guard | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1946–1948 1949–1955 |
New Hampshire Nebraska |
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J. William "Bill" Glassford (born March 8, 1914) was a college football coach. He attended the University of Pittsburgh where he played football and was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He graduated in 1936.
From 1946 to 1948, he coached at New Hampshire, where he compiled a 19-5-1 record. This includes an 8-1 record in 1947.
From 1949 to 1955, he coached at Nebraska, where he compiled a 31-35-3 record. In 1949 his team went 4-5, in 1950 6-2-1, 1951 2-8, 1952 5-4-1, 1953 3-6-1, 1954 6-5 and 1955 5-5. His three winning seasons were the only winning seasons the school had between 1941 and 1961. He also coached three All-Americans in Tom Novak (1949), Bobby Reynolds (1950), and Jerry Minnick (1952). He led the school to its first ever Orange Bowl in 1955, where they lost to Duke, 34-7. He retired after the 1955 season and went into private business in Arizona. He was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Rank# | |||
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| New Hampshire Wildcats (New England Conference/Yankee Conference) (1946–1948) | |||||||||
| 1946 | New Hampshire | 6–1–1 | |||||||
| 1947 | New Hampshire | 8–1–0 | 1st | ||||||
| 1948 | New Hampshire | 5–3–0 | 1st | ||||||
| Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big Eight Conference) (1949–1955) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Nebraska | 4–5–0 | |||||||
| 1950 | Nebraska | 6–2–1 | |||||||
| 1951 | Nebraska | 2–8–0 | |||||||
| 1952 | Nebraska | 5–4–1 | |||||||
| 1953 | Nebraska | 3–6–1 | |||||||
| 1954 | Nebraska | 6–5–0 | |||||||
| 1955 | Nebraska | 5–5–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 50–40–4 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. | |||||||||
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