Bill Carroll (coach)

William Morris Carroll (May 1, 1926 – December 4, 2009)[1] was an American pole vaulter and later coach of the track and field and cross country teams at the University of Oklahoma.[2]

Bill Carroll
Biographical details
Born(1926-05-01)May 1, 1926
Welty, Oklahoma
DiedDecember 4, 2009(2009-12-04) (aged 83)
Okemah, Oklahoma
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1952–1953Southwestern (KS)
Track and field
1959–1964Oklahoma
Head coaching record
Overall2–15–1 (football)

Athletic career

Carroll was a world-ranked pole vaulter at the University of Oklahoma. He was the number 7 pole vaulter in the world in 1949, and moved up to the number six position in 1950.[3] Those same years, he was ranked sixth and then fifth in the US.[4] Carroll tied for second place at the NCAA Track and Field Championships in 1949 with a height of 14 feet.[5]

Carroll also enjoyed success as a high school athlete, winning the Oklahoma state high school championship in 1944.[6] While competing in collete, he set the record at the 1950 Kansas Relays[7] with a vault of 14 feet 5 inches[8] and set the record for the Big 7 Outdoor championship.[9]

Coaching career

Southwestern

Carroll was the 14th head football coach at the Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, serving for seasons, from 1952 to 1953, compiling a record of 2–15–1.[10]

Oklahoma

Carroll was an assistant and later head coach at the University of Oklahoma for the track and field and cross country teams from 1959 until 1964.[2]

Head coaching record

Football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Southwestern Moundbuilders (Central Intercollegiate Conference) (1952–1953)
1952 Southwestern 1–7–10–4–16th
1953 Southwestern 1–80–56th
Southwestern: 2–15–10–9–1
Total:2–15–1

References
  1. The Southwesterner Archived June 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine "Deaths of Friends" Spring 2010, p7
  2. CBS Sports Oklahoma Track & Field History
  3. Track & Field News Archived February 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine All-Time World Rankings--Men's Pole Vault
  4. Track & Field News Archived December 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine All-Time US Rankings--Men's Pole Vault
  5. Men's NCAA Jumps Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. OKLAHOMA TRACK COACHES ASSOCIATION Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Boys Track and Field Individual State Champions
  7. Los Angeles Times "Eight Marks Fall in Kansas Relays" April 23, 1950
  8. Prescott Evening Courier "Sports in Brief" April 24, 1950
  9. St. Petersburg Times "Missouri Takes Big 7 Crown" May 22, 1949
  10. Southwestern College - Winfield, Kansas Archived December 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Football records
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