Bill Yeoman
American football head coach
1927 –
Who is Bill Yeoman?
Bill Yeoman is a former American football player and coach. Starting in 1962, he was the University of Houston's head coach, holding the position through 1986. In his tenure, he became the winningest coach in school history, with an overall record of 160–108–8. Yeoman revolutionized offensive football in 1964 by developing the Veer option offense. Yeoman also played a prominent role in the racial integration of collegiate athletics in the South by being the first coach at a predominantly white school in the State of Texas to sign a black player. Yeoman's Cougars finished the season ranked in the AP Top 10 four times and finished 11 times in the AP or UPI Top 20.
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- Born
- Dec 26, 1927
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- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Texas A&M University
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on July 23, 2013
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