![]() Williams pictured in Orient 1925, Ball State yearbook
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Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Sullivan County, Indiana |
August 8, 1892
Died | July 1973 (aged 80) Muncie, Indiana |
Alma mater | Indiana State University |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1924–1925 | Ball Teachers |
Basketball | |
1922–1925 | Ball Teachers |
Baseball | |
1922–1926 | Ball Teachers |
1928–1958 | Ball Teachers / Ball State Teachers |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1921–1958 | Ball Teachers / Ball State Teachers |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 3–8 (football) 36–34–1 (basketball) 207–228–4 (baseball) |
Paul "Billy" Williams (August 8, 1892 – July 1973) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Ball Teachers College, Eastern Division, Indiana State Normal School—now known as Ball State Universityfrom 1924 to 1925, compiling a record of 3–8. He was the Ball Teachers College's head basketball from 1922 to 1925, tallying a mark of 36–34–1, and the school's head baseball coach from 1922 to 1926 and from 1928 to 1958, amassing a record of 207–228–4. In addition, Williams served as the school's athletic director from 1921 until 1958. He died in 1973.