Bill Shanahan

Not to be confused with William Shanahan.

Bill Shanahan (born July 27, 1938) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Western New Mexico University in Silver City, New Mexico from 1969 to 1972 and Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois from 1976 until 1978, compiling a career college football coaching record of 25–37–1.^[1]

Bill Shanahan

Biographical details
Born	(1938-07-27) July 27, 1938 (age 87) Wahoo, Nebraska, U.S.
Alma mater	Huron University (BS) Adams State University (MA) University of Utah (PhD)
Playing career
1956–1959	Huron
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1964–1965	Western State (CO) (assistant)
1966–1968	Northern Colorado (assistant)
1969–1972	Western New Mexico
1973–1974	Utah (assistant)
1975	Western Illinois (assistant)
1976–1978	Western Illinois
Head coaching record
Overall	25–37–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 RMAC Mountain Division (1970)

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Western New Mexico Mustangs (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1969–1972)
1969	Western New Mexico	1–7	1–4	6th (Mountain)
1970	Western New Mexico	5–4	5–1	T–1st (Mountain)
1971	Western New Mexico	3–5	3–3	T–3rd (Mountain)
1972	Western New Mexico	3–5	3–3	T–4th
Western New Mexico:		12–21	12–11
Western Illinois Leathernecks (NCAA Division II independent) (1976–1977)
1976	Western Illinois	7–3–0
1977	Western Illinois	3–7–0
Western Illinois Leathernecks (Association of Mid-Continent Universities) (1978)
1978	Western Illinois	3–6–1	1–3–1	T–4th
Western Illinois:		13–16–1	1–3–1
Total:		25–37–1
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth