Bill Abbey
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1927[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Oregon, 1949[2] |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1951 | Southern Oregon |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–8 |
William L. Abbey[3] is an American former football coach. In 1950 he was a tutor for Hood River Valley High School.[4] In July of 1951 he took the place of Al Simpson, who had announced he would quit to become a logger, as the head football coach at Southern Oregon College of Education—now known as Southern Oregon University—in Ashland, Oregon.[5] He coached through the 1951 season, compiling a record of 1–8.[6] Abbey left SOCE in 1954 for a job at Fort Ord as an athletic director.[7]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Oregon Red Raiders (Far Western Conference) (1951) | |||||||||
| 1951 | Southern Oregon | 1–8 | 1–2 | 4th | |||||
| Southern Oregon: | 1–8 | 1–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 1–8 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "SOU Football Timeline". Mail Tribune. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- ^ The Blue Book of College Athletics. Vol. 26. F. Turbyville. 1949. ISSN 0893-7737. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
- ^ "14 New Faculty Members at SOC For Autumn Term". Medford Mail Tribune. September 29, 1952. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "So. Oregon". The Oregon Daily Journal. September 16, 1951. p. 24. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
- ^ "Bill Abbey New SOCE Grid Coach". The Observer. July 20, 1951. p. 8. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Southern Oregon Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ "Abbey Leaves Raider Post". The Oregonian. March 24, 1954. p. 19. Retrieved December 31, 2025.