Bill Doolittle
Doolittle from The 1968 Brown and Gold
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 10, 1923 Mansfield, Ohio |
| Died | April 10, 2014 (aged 90) |
| Playing career | |
| 1946–1947 | Ohio State |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1948 | Grandview HS (OH) |
| 1949–1950 | Brown (backfield) |
| 1951 | Lincoln HS (OH) (assistant) |
| 1952–1953 | Owosso HS (MI) |
| 1954–1959 | Flint Central HS (MI) |
| 1960–1961 | Mansfield HS (OH) |
| 1962–1963 | Army (backfield) |
| 1964–1974 | Western Michigan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 58–49–2 (college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 MAC (1966) | |
| Awards | |
| MAC Coach of the Year (1966) | |
Francis William "Bill" Doolittle (August 10, 1923 – April 10, 2014) was an American football player and coach. Doolittle attended high school in Mansfield, Ohio where he was selected as an all-state quarterback in his senior year. He enrolled at Ohio State University in 1941. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1943, served 53 months in the military and earned a Bronze Star for his service in the Pacific Theater before returning to Ohio State. He played college football as quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team in 1946 and 1947.
He began his coaching career in 1948 at Grandview High School in Columbus, Ohio. From 1949 to 1950, he was the backfield coach at Brown University, where he was Joe Paterno's position coach. He was an assistant football coach at Lincoln High School in Canton, Ohio in 1951 and head coach at Owosso High School in Owosso, Michigan in 1952–53, where his record was 6–12.
He later coached at Flint Central High School from 1954 to 1959, compiling a record of 37–14–3 at the school and leading his team to the Class A state championship in 1958. He returned to his alma mater, Mansfield High School, as the head football coach in 1960 and 1961, where his teams went 12–6–2.
In January 1962, he was hired as the offensive backfield coach for the Army football team by high school teammate Paul Dietzel.
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