Bill Mallory obit

Former IU football coach Bill Mallory dies at 83

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Bill Mallory, the all-time winningest head football coach in IU history, passed away Friday at the age 83, according to his son.

Mallory fell earlier this week and underwent emergency brain surgery on Tuesday. His condition did not improve, and he was put in hospice care.

Mallory's son, Curt, tweeted Friday afternoon, "Bill Mallory, beloved husband, father, grandfather, coach and friend, passed away peacefully Friday, May 25, 2018. He was surrounded by his extended family these last days with love, gratitude and celebration."

Mallory coached the Hoosiers from 1984-1996. Despite not winning a single game in his first season, he led IU to six bowl games in an eight-year stretch from 1986-1993.

He retired in 1996 after 27 years as a college football head coach, with a career record of 168-129-4. His 69 wins at Indiana are the most in program history.

William Guy Mallory (May 30, 1935 – May 25, 2018) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio from 1969 to 1973, the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1974 to 1978, Northern Illinois University from 1980 to 1983, and Indiana University Bloomington from 1984 to 1996, compiling a career head coaching record of 168–129–4.

Mallory played football at Miami University for coaches Ara Parseghian and John Pont.

Mallory is the Indiana Hoosiers' winningest football coach, having compiled a 69–77–3 record. Before taking over the head coaching reins at Indiana in 1984, Mallory coached three other schools to national prominence. While compiling a 168–129–4 career record, Mallory became one of only a handful of coaches in history to guide three different programs to top 20 finishes in national polls. In 1987, Mallory became the first coach to be awarded back-to-back Big Ten coach-of-the-year honors. While at Indiana, Mallory led the Hoosiers to six bowl games including victories in the 1988 Liberty Bowl, and the 1991 Copper Bowl. He also led IU to a top 20 ranking in 1987 and 1988.

Early in his coaching career, Mallory served as assistant to Woody Hayes at Ohio State University, Carmen Cozza at Yale University and Doyt Perry at Bowling Green State University.

Mallory is a member of Miami University's Cradle of Coaches. He is also a member of the Athletic Halls of Fame at Miami University and Indiana University, the Mid-American Conference, the Indiana Football Hall of Fame and the Phi Kappa Tau Hall of Fame.

Mallory was the 15th head college football coach for the Northern Illinois University Huskies located in DeKalb, Illinois and he held that position for four seasons, from 1980 until 1983. He coached the Huskies to victory in the 1983 California Bowl, the school's first major bowl game appearance. Mallory's career coaching record at Northern Illinois was 25 wins, 19 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him sixth at Northern Illinois in total wins and seventh at NIU in winning percentage.

 

Biographical details

Born    May 30, 1935

Sandusky, Ohio, U.S.

Died    May 25, 2018 (aged 82)

Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.

Playing career

1955–1956      Miami (OH)

Position           End

Coaching career (HC unless noted)

1960–1964      Bowling Green (assistant)

1965    Yale (assistant)

1966–1968      Ohio State (assistant)

1969–1973      Miami (OH)

1974–1978      Colorado

1980–1983      Northern Illinois

1984–1996      Indiana

Head coaching record

Overall            168–129–4

Bowls  4–6

Accomplishments and honors

Championships

2 MAC (1973, 1983)

1 Big Eight (1976)

Awards

2× MAC Coach of the Year (1973, 1983)

2× Big Ten Coach of the Year (1986–1987)