William McAndrew

William McAndrew
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1887-04-29)April 29, 1887
Lawrence County, Illinois
Died February 11, 1943( 1943-02-11) (aged 55)
Carbondale, Illinois
Alma mater Vincennes University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1913–1916 Southern Illinois
1921–1938 Southern Illinois
Basketball
1913–1943 Southern Illinois
Baseball
1921–1924 Southern Illinois
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1913–1943 Southern Illinois
Head coaching record
Overall 82–80–20 (football)
309–221 (basketball)

William McAndrew (April 29, 1887 – February 11, 1943)[1][2][3] was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administator. He served two stints at the head football coach at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, from 1913 to 1916 and then returning from 1921 to 1938, compiling a record of 82–80–20 in 22 seasons. His 82 wins are the most of any head coach in the history of the Southern Illinois Salukis football program. [4] McAndrew was also the head basketball coach at Southern Illinois from 1913 to 1943, tallying a mark of 309–221, and the school head baseball coach from 1921 to 1924.

McAndrew was an alumnus of Vincennes University where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity. He also played professionally in the Central League before becoming a coach and teacher.[5]

McAndrew Stadium on the Southern Illinois campus was named for him in 1943.

McAndrew was born in Lawrenceville, Illinois, and served as a captain in the United States Army during World War I. After the war he stayed in the National Guard and rose to the rank of brigadier general. He was a coach for the Lawrenceville Township High School until taking the job at SIU. When he died he was the commanding officer of the Third Brigade of the Illinois National Guard. He died on February 11, 1943, in Carbondale, Illinois.[6]

References

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  4. ↑ Southern Illinois Coaching Records
  5. ↑ "Alumni Notes" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 2 no. 3. May 1915. pp. 188–189.
  6. ↑ "Death Takes Alpha's General Wm. McAndrew" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 30 no. 1. May 1943. p. 2.
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