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American football player and coach (1918–2001)

Bill Smaltz
Biographical details
Born	(1918-03-17)March 17, 1918 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	September 14, 2001(2001-09-14) (aged 83) Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
1938–1941	Penn State
1943	Camp Edwards

Position(s)	Fullback, quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1946	Juniata (assistant)
1947–1953	Juniata
1954–1970	NC State (assistant)

Head coaching record
Overall	32–17–2

William Robert Smaltz Sr. (March 17, 1918 – September 14, 2001) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1953, compiling a 32–17–2 record including an undefeated season in 1953. As a collegiate athlete, he quarterbacked the Penn State Nittany Lions football squad for three seasons and earned a selection by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1942 NFL draft.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
Juniata Indians (Independent) (1947–1953)
1947	Juniata	3–4
1948	Juniata	4–2–1
1949	Juniata	5–2
1950	Juniata	4–4
1951	Juniata	3–3–1
1952	Juniata	6–2
1953	Juniata	7–0
Juniata:		32–17–2
Total:		32–17–2

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v t e Juniata Eagles head football coaches
B. V. Cecil (1920) Ronald C. Kichline (1921) Carl Henry Hoffman (1922) Harry Rote (1923–1924) Philip Aines (1925–1926) Reynold Siersema (1927–1929) Ross Swartz (1930–1941) P. Mike Snider (1942) No team (1943–1945) P. Mike Snider (1946) Bill Smaltz (1947–1953) Robert C. Hicks (1954–1955) Kenneth Bunn (1956–1962) Fred Prender (1963–1968) Walt Nadzak (1969–1976) Dean Rossi (1977–1979) Rob Ash (1980–1988) Brad Small (1989–1991) Chris Coller (1992–1994) Tom Gibboney (1995–1997) Kevin Burke (1998–2003) Darrell Alt (2004–2008) Carmen Felus (2009–2010) Tim Launtz (2011–2019) No team (2020) Josh Carter (2021– )

v t e Penn State Nittany Lions starting quarterbacks
Shorty Miller (1910–1913) Harold Hess (1919) Glenn Killinger (1920–1921) Bill Smaltz (1939–1941) Elwood Petchel (1946–1948) Owen Dougherty (1949) Vince O'Bara (1950) Bob Szajna (1951) Tony Rados (1952–1953) Don Bailey (1954) Bobby Hoffman (1955) Milt Plum (1956) Al Jacks (1957) Richie Lucas (1958–1959) Galen Hall (1960–1961) Pete Liske (1962–1963) Gary Wydman (1964) Jack White (1965) Tom Sherman (1966–1967) Chuck Burkhart (1968–1969) Mike Cooper (1970) John Hufnagel (1971–1972) Tom Shuman (1973–1974) John Andress (1975) Chuck Fusina (1976–1978) Dayle Tate (1979) Todd Blackledge (1980–1982) Doug Strang (1983–1984) John Shaffer (1985–1986) Matt Knizner (1987) Tom Bill (1988) Tony Sacca (1988–1991) John Sacca (1992) Kerry Collins (1991–1994) Wally Richardson (1995–1996) Mike McQueary (1997) Kevin Thompson (1998–1999) Rashard Casey (2000) Matt Seneca (2001) Zack Mills (2001–2004) Michael Robinson (2005) Anthony Morelli (2006–2007) Daryll Clark (2008–2009) Rob Bolden (2010–2011) Matt McGloin (2010–2012) Christian Hackenberg (2013–2015) Trace McSorley (2016–2018) Sean Clifford (2019–2022) Will Levis (2019–2020) Drew Allar (2023–2024)

v t e Philadelphia Eagles 1942 NFL draft selections
Pete Kmetovic Vic Lindskog Ted Williams Gordon Paschka Ernie Blandin Earl Younglove Bill Sewell Bill Halverson Ray Graves Jack Stackpool Noble Doss Fred Meyer Bob Brenton John Wyhonic O'Dell Griffin Bill Smaltz Arnie Meiners Bill Braun Charley Dvoracek Marv Tommervik