William A. Reynolds

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William A. Reynolds
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Reynolds pictured in The Cincinnatian 1896, Cincinnati yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1872-12-30)December 30, 1872
Oxford, Pennsylvania
DiedAugust 10, 1928(1928-08-10) (aged 55)
Charlotte, North Carolina
Playing career
Football
1893–1894 Princeton [1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1891 Rutgers
1896 Cincinnati
1897–1900 North Carolina
1901–1902 Georgia
Baseball
1897 Cincinnati
1898–1899 North Carolina
1902–1903 Georgia
Head coaching record
Overall44–23–8 (football)
36–19–2 (baseball)

William Ayres Reynolds (December 30, 1872 – August 10, 1928) [2] was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He played football at Princeton University and served as the head football coach at Rutgers University (1891), the University of Cincinnati (1896), the University of North Carolina (1897–1900), and the University of Georgia (1901–1902), compiling a career record of 44–23–8. Reynolds was also the head baseball coach at Cincinnati (1897), North Carolina (1898–1899) and Georgia (1902–1903), tallying a career mark of 36–19–2.

American football Team field sport

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, which is the team controlling the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running with or passing the ball, while the defense, which is the team without control of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and aims to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs, or plays, and otherwise they turn over the football to the defense; if the offense succeeds in advancing ten yards or more, they are given a new set of four downs. Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent's goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins.

Baseball Sport

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball which a player on the batting team tries to hit with a bat. The objectives of the offensive team are to hit the ball into the field of play, and to run the bases—having its runners advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "runs". The objective of the defensive team is to prevent batters from becoming runners, and to prevent runners' advance around the bases. A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate. The team that scores the most runs by the end of the game is the winner.

Princeton University University in Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The institution moved to Newark in 1747, then to the current site nine years later, and renamed itself Princeton University in 1896.

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At North Carolina, as a football coach, he coached the Tar Heels to an undefeated season in 1897 (9–0) and had an overall record of 27–7–4 during his four seasons. As a baseball coach, Reynolds compiled a 21–5–1 record in two seasons at North Carolina.

Reynolds did not enjoy the same level of success at Georgia in either sport. As the Georgia football head coach, he compiled a record of just 5–7–3 during his two-year stay. As a baseball coach, Reynolds fared better, posting a 13–9–1 record over two seasons.

Head coaching record

Football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Rutgers Queensmen (Independent)(1891)
1891 Rutgers 8–6
Rutgers:8–6
Cincinnati (Independent)(1896)
1896 Cincinnati 4–3–1
Cincinnati:4–3–1
North Carolina Tar Heels (Independent)(1897–1900)
1897 North Carolina 7–3
1898 North Carolina 9–0
1899 North Carolina 7–3–1
1900 North Carolina 4–1–3
North Carolina:27–7–4
Georgia Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1901–1902)
1901 Georgia 1–5–20–5–2
1902 Georgia 4–2–14–2–1
Georgia:5–7–34–7–3
Total:44–23–8

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References

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