May 13, 1939(1939-05-13) (aged 59) Long Beach, California, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1905–1908
Fairmount
1909
Oklahoma Christian
1914–1925
Southwestern (KS)
Basketball
1905–1908
Fairmount
1913–1914
Fairmount
1914–1926
Southwestern (KS)
Head coaching record
Overall
81–49–12 (football) 179–79 (basketball)
Willis Sherman "Bill" Bates[1] (January 26, 1880 – May 13, 1939)[2] was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Fairmount College—now known as Wichita State University—from 1905 to 1908 and at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas from 1914 to 1925, compiling a career college football record of 81–49–12. He also coached basketball at Fairmount (1905–1908) and Southwestern (1914–1926), tallying a career college basketball mark of 179–79.
^"Bates, Bill Inducted 1961". Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 25, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
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