Billy Tohill

Who is Billy Tohill?

Billy Tohill is a former American football coach. He served as head coach at Texas Christian University from 1971-73.

A native of Batesville, Mississippi, Tohill played at Mississippi State University from 1958–60, where he was awarded letters in 1959 and 1960. He served as an assistant at TCU before taking over as head coach for Jim Pittman, who died midway through the 1971 season. Seventeen months after replacing Pittman, Tohill had a serious automobile accident that nearly killed him and left him with a prosthetic foot. Tohill compiled an 11–15 record overall at TCU. He was fired after the 1973 season. In 1974, Tohill became part of the recruiting team and the coach of the Defensive Backs for the WFL Birmingham Americans. One of his final coaching jobs was at Pelham High School in Alabama, where in 1986 he coached the Panthers in their first winning season ever. Tohill lives in Hoover, Alabama.

Footnote - Current [October 2008] Clemson University Head Coach, Dabo Swinney played high school football for Tohill at Pelham High School.