William H. Spaulding

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William H. Spaulding
Sport Football
Career highlights
Overall 145-83-15
Bowls 1-0
Coaching stats
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Playing career
1903-1906 Wabash College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1925-1938
1922-1924
1907-1921
UCLA
University of Minnesota
Western Michigan University

William H. Spaulding was the head football coach 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. 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. And before any of his coaching days, he was a football player at Wabash College in Indiana. In 1984, he was inducted into the Wabash College Athletic Hall of Fame.[1][2]

[edit] Football Head Coaching Records

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl
Western Michigan (Independent) (1907 – 1921)
1907 Western Michigan 3-2-1
1908 Western Michigan 3-3
1909 Western Michigan 7-0
1910 Western Michigan 4-1-1
1911 Western Michigan 2-3
1912 Western Michigan 3-2-1
1913 Western Michigan 4-0
1914 Western Michigan 6-0
1915 Western Michigan 5-1
1916 Western Michigan 5-1
1917 Western Michigan 4-3
1918 Western Michigan 3-2
1919 Western Michigan 4-1
1920 Western Michigan 3-4
1921 Western Michigan 6-2
Western Michigan: 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 of the season.

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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