Bill Steers

Bill Steers

Biographical details
Born	(1897-04-13)April 13, 1897
Died	December 20, 1957(1957-12-20) (aged 60) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1916–1917	Oregon
1918	Mare Island Marines
1919–1920	Oregon
Position(s)	Halfback, quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1929–1940	California (PA)
Head coaching record
Overall	37–40–9
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Third-team All–American (1919) 3× First-team All-PCC (1917, 1919, 1920)

William Henry "Wild Bill" Steers (April 13, 1897 – December 20, 1957) was an American college football player and coach and university professor. He served as the head football coach at California University of Pennsylvania in California, Pennsylvania from 1929 to 1940, compiling a record of 37–40–9.

A native of The Dalles, Oregon, Steers played football at the University of Oregon, where he was a member of the 1919 Oregon Webfoots football team, which shared the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) title and played in the 1920 Rose Bowl. He earned a Master of Arts degree from Oregon in 1929 and a doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1940. Steers was hired as a professor of physical educator at Ithaca College in 1940. He joined the faculty at the University of Miami in 1945 as a physical education instructor and was later the director of education instruction at the university's School of Education. Steers died on December 20, 1957.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
California Vulcans (Independent) (1929–1933)
1929	California	4–4
1930	California	5–2–1
1931	California	4–2–2
1932	California	2–2–1
1933	California	4–3
California Vulcans (Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference) (1934–1940)
1934	California	4–2–1	3–2–1	5th
1935	California	4–3	3–3	T–7th
1936	California	3–4–1	3–4	8th
1937	California	4–3–1	1–2–1	T–7th
1938	California	2–3–2	1–2	T–8
1939	California	1–7	1–3	10th
1940	California	1–5	1–2	T–9th
California:		37–40–9	13–18–2
Total:		37–40–9