Bill Hess


William R. Hess was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Ohio University from 1958 to 1977. In his tenure as head coach for the Ohio Bobcats football team, Hess compiled a 108914 record, ranking him second only to coach Don Peden on Ohios alltime victories list. Hesss teams won four MidAmerican Conference championships and won a National Small College Championship in 1960 after having an undefeated season. Hess also led the Bobcats to two bowl games, losing 1514 to West Texas State in the 1962 Sun Bowl and losing 4942 to Richmond in the 1968 Tangerine Bowl. His 1968 team is the only team in school history to finish ranked in the major polls. Hess was a native of Columbus, Ohio. He coached high school football in Portsmouth and Grandview Heights, Ohio before joining Woody Hayess staff at Ohio State University in 1951.

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