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American football player and coach (born 1938) Not to be confused with William Shanahan.

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Bill Shanahan
Biographical details
Born	(1938-07-27) July 27, 1938 (age 86) 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 (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)

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.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
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

v t e Western New Mexico Mustangs head football coaches
Raymond Brancheau (1934–1942) No team (1943–1945) Raymond Brancheau (1946–1948) Duane A. Parker (1949) Al Johnson (1950–1965) Tommy Hightower (1966–1968) Bill Shanahan (1969–1972) Ron Newsome (1973–1975) Jim Walker (1976–1977) Clem Mancini (1978–1980) Steve Fickert (1981–1983) Mike Drake (1984–1986) Bob O'Mera (1987–1990) Harold Wheeler (1991–1993) Charley Wade (1994–1995) Land Jacobson (1996–2000) Charley Wade (2001–2006) Bernie Busken (2007–2009) Adam Clark (2010–2017) Frank Tristan (2018–2020) Phil Vigil (2021–2022) Billy Hickman (2023– )

Raymond Brancheau (1934–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Raymond Brancheau (1946–1948)
Duane A. Parker (1949)
Al Johnson (1950–1965)
Tommy Hightower (1966–1968)
Bill Shanahan (1969–1972)
Ron Newsome (1973–1975)
Jim Walker (1976–1977)
Clem Mancini (1978–1980)
Steve Fickert (1981–1983)
Mike Drake (1984–1986)
Bob O'Mera (1987–1990)
Harold Wheeler (1991–1993)
Charley Wade (1994–1995)
Land Jacobson (1996–2000)
Charley Wade (2001–2006)
Bernie Busken (2007–2009)
Adam Clark (2010–2017)
Frank Tristan (2018–2020)
Phil Vigil (2021–2022)
Billy Hickman (2023– )

v t e Western Illinois Leathernecks head football coaches
No coach (1903) L. H. Laughlin (1904) A. Laughlin (1905) Oliver Morton Dickerson (1906) Charles A. Barnett (1907–1908) Francis Taft (1909) Oliver Morton Dickerson (1910) Albert Walrath (1911) Unknown (1912–1913) Edward S. Dowell (1914) Erskine Jay (1915–1917) No team (1918) Erskine Jay (1919) W. A. Cleveland (1920–1921) Howard Hawkes (1922–1925) Ray Hanson (1926–1941) Wix Garner (1942–1943) Bob Barnwell (1944) Wix Garner (1945–1947) Harold Ave (1948) Vince DiFrancesca (1949–1953) Wes Stevens (1954–1956) Lou Saban (1957–1959) Art Dufelmeier (1960–1968) Darrell Mudra (1969–1973) Brodie Westen (1974–1975) Bill Shanahan (1976–1978) Pete Rodriguez (1979–1982) Bruce Craddock (1983–1989) Randy Ball (1990–1998) Don Patterson (1999–2009) Mark Hendrickson (2008–2012) Bob Nielson (2013–2015) Charlie Fisher (2016–2017) Jared Elliott (2018–2021) Myers Hendrickson (2022–2023) Joe Davis (2024– )

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