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William H. Spaulding

 
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William H. Spaulding
Title Head coach
College University of Minnesota, UCLA, Western State Normal School
Sport Football, basketball, baseball
Career highlights
Overall Football: 145–83–15 (.628)
Basketball: 77–43 (.642)
Baseball: 63–18–4 (.765)
Bowls 1–0
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Playing career
1903–1906 Wabash College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1907–1922
1922–1924
1925–1938
Western State Normal
Minnesota
UCLA

William H. Spaulding was a former college football, basketball and baseball head coach. Spaulding coached at UCLA from 1925 to 1938. He had a successful tenure, compiling a 72–51–8 (.580) record. He also served as the head football coach at the University of Minnesota from 1922 to 1924. His record there was 11–7–4 (.591). He succeeded the legendary football coach Henry L. Williams. Prior to coaching at Minnesota he coached Western State Normal School (now known as Western Michigan University) from 1907 to 1921. Spaulding was also the head football, basketball and baseball at Western State Normal. Spaulding attending Wabash College, where he played college football. In 1984, he was inducted into the Wabash College Athletic Hall of Fame.[1][2]

Contents

Football head coaching records

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl
Western State Normal School (Independent) (1907–1921)
1907 Western State Normal 3–2–1
1908 Western State Normal 3–3
1909 Western State Normal 7–0
1910 Western State Normal 4–1–1
1911 Western State Normal 2–3
1912 Western State Normal 3–2–1
1913 Western State Normal 4–0
1914 Western State Normal 6–0
1915 Western State Normal 5–1
1916 Western State Normal 5–1
1917 Western State Normal 4–3
1918 Western State Normal 3–2
1919 Western State Normal 4–1
1920 Western State Normal 3–4
1921 Western State Normal 6–2
Western State Normal: 62–25–3
Minnesota (Big Ten) (1922–1924)
1922 Minnesota 3–3–1 2–3–1 5th
1923 Minnesota 5–1–1 2–1–1 4th
1924 Minnesota 3–3–2 1–2–1 6th
Minnesota: 11–7–4 5–6–3
UCLA (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1925–1927)
1925 UCLA 5–3–1 3–1–1
1926 UCLA 5–3 4–2
1927 UCLA 6–2–1 4–0–1 2nd
UCLA (Pacific Coast Conference) (1928–1938)
1928 UCLA 4–4–1 0–4 9th (tie)
1929 UCLA 4–4 1–3 6th
1930 UCLA 3–5 1–4 8th (tie)
1931 UCLA 3–4–1 0–3 9th (tie)
1932 UCLA 6–4 4–2 3rd
1933 UCLA 6–4–1 1–3–1 8th
1934 UCLA 7–3 2–3 6th
1935 UCLA 8–2 4–1 1st (tie)
1936 UCLA 6–3–1 4–3–1 4th
1937 UCLA 2–6–1 1–5–1 9th
1938 UCLA 7–4–1 4–3–1 3rd (tie) W Poi
UCLA: 72–51–8 33–34–6
Total: 145–83–15
      National Championship         Conference Title         Conference Division Title
Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

Basketball

Spaulding was the first head coach for the Western State Normal School men's basketball program. From 1913 through 1922 he compiled a 77–43 (.642) record, finishing .500 or higher in each of his nine seasons.

Season results

Season Team Overall Postseason
Western State Normal School (1913–1922)
1913–14 Western State Normal 4–4
1914–15 Western State Normal 7–5
1915–16 Western State Normal 9–7
1916–17 Western State Normal 7–6
1917–18 Western State Normal 8–4
1918–19 Western State Normal 11–3
1919–20 Western State Normal 8–3
1920–21 Western State Normal 12–5
1921–22 Western State Normal 11–6
Total: 77–43

Baseball

Spaulding was the first head coach for the Western State Normal School baseball program. From 1911 through 1921 he compiled a 63–18–4 (.765) record.

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Henry L. Williams
University of Minnesota Football head coach
1922–1924
Succeeded by
Clarence Spears
Preceded by
James J. Cline
UCLA Football head coach
1925–1938
Succeeded by
Edwin C. Horrell

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