Bill Connor (American football, born 1939)

Bill Connor
Biographical details
Born	1939
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
c. 1965	Sussex Hamilton HS (WI)
1967–1973	Ripon (assistant)
1973–1975	Ripon
1976–1977	Lock Haven
1978–1980	Montana Tech
1981–1984	Pacific (OR)
1987	Mary
1988–1989	Wisconsin–Superior
Baseball
1972	Ripon
1976	Ripon
Wrestling
c. 1965	Sussex Hamilton HS (WI)
1970s	Ripon
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
c. 1984	Pacific (OR)
Head coaching record
Overall	44–77–4 (college football); 10–20–1 (college baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 1 Frontier (1979)

Bill Connor (born 1939) is a former American football, baseball, and wrestling coach. He served as the head football coach Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin from 1973 to 1975, Lock Haven State College—now known as Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania—from 1976 to 1977, the Montana State School of Mines—now known as Montana Tech of the University of Montana–from 1978 to 1980, Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon from 1981 to 1984, and the University of Wisconsin–Superior from 1988 to 1989, compiling a career college football coaching record of 44–77–4.^[1] Connor also coached baseball and wrestling at Ripon.

Connor graduated from Messmer High School in Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse. He joined the football coaching staff at Ripon as an assistant in 1967.^[2]

Head coaching record[]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Ripon Redmen (Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1973–1975)
1973	Ripon	1–1^{[n 1]}	1–1^{[n 1]}	T–3rd^{[n 1]}
1974	Ripon	7–2	5–2	T–2nd
1975	Ripon	6–3	6–2	T–2nd
Ripon:		14–6	12–5
Lock Haven Bald Eagles (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) (1976–1977)
1976	Lock Haven	2–8	0–6	7th (West)
1977	Lock Haven	5–5	3–3	4th (West)
Lock Haven:		7–13	3–9
Montana Tech Orediggers (Frontier Conference) (1978–1980)
1978	Montana Tech	4–4–1
1979	Montana Tech	5–4–1	4–0	1st
1980	Montana Tech	5–4–1
Montana Tech:		14–12–3
Pacific Boxers (Northwest Conference) (1981–1984)
1981	Pacific	0–9	0–5	6th
1982	Pacific	2–7	2–3	4th
1983	Pacific	4–5	1–4	T–5th
1984	Pacific	2–6–1	1–3	T–3rd
Pacific:		8–27–1	4–15
Wisconsin–Superior Yellowjackets (Wisconsin State University Athletic Conference) (1988–1989)
1988	Wisconsin–Superior	0–10	0–8	9th
1989	Wisconsin–Superior	1–9	0–8	9th
Wisconsin–Superior:		1–19	0–16
Total:		44–77–4
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

^ ^a ^b ^c John Storzer coached the first seven games of the 1973 season before he died. Connor was appointed acting head coach and Ripon for the final two games of the season. The Redmen finished 5–3–1 overall and 5–2–1 in Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference play, tying for third place.^[3]