Bill Cooke (American football coach)

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Bill Cooke
Playing career
1970–1972 Fort Lewis
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1977 Fort Lewis (assistant)
1982–1983Fort Lewis (DC)
1984–1987Fort Lewis
1988 Missouri Southern (interim HC)
1989–1999Missouri Southern (DC)
2000–2003Missouri Southern
Head coaching record
Overall35–54–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 RMAC (1984)

Bill Cooke is an American former college football coach. He served as the head football coach at his alma mater, Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado from 1984 to 1987 and at Missouri Southern State University on an interim basis in 1988 and full-time from 2000 to 2003, compiling a career college football coaching record of 35–49–1. [1] [2]

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Fort Lewis Raiders (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference)(1984–1987)
1984 Fort Lewis7–2–17–0–11st
1985 Fort Lewis6–35–22nd
1986 Fort Lewis4–54–2T–2nd
1987 Fort Lewis3–63–3T–4th
Fort Lewis:20–16–119–7–1
Missouri Southern Lions (Central States Intercollegiate Conference)(1988)
1988 Missouri Southern3–72–5T–6th
Missouri Southern Lions (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association)(2000–2003)
2000 Missouri Southern2–92–78th
2001 Missouri Southern4–63–6T–7th
2002 Missouri Southern5–63–6T–6th
2003 Missouri Southern1–101–89th
Missouri Southern:15–3811–32
Total:35–54–1
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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References

  1. "Bill Cooke". Fort Lewis Skyhawks . Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  2. Fryar, Jim (April 7, 2006). "Cooke resigns". Joplin Globe . Retrieved December 14, 2019.