Bill Dupes

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1929–2011)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Bill Dupes

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|10|8}}

| birth_place = Sweetwater, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|1|8|1929|10|8}}

| death_place = Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1949–1951

| player_team1 = Tennessee Tech

| player_positions = Fullback, center, guard, linebacker

| coach_years1 = 1954–1961

| coach_team1 = Tennessee Tech (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1962

| coach_team2 = Millsaps

| coach_years3= 1963–1972

| coach_team3 = Austin Peay

| coach_years4 = 1976–1982

| coach_team4 = Tennessee Military Institute

| coach_years5 = 1983–1998

| coach_team5 = Sweetwater HS (TN)

| overall_record = 43–62–4 (college)

| bowl_record =

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| championships =

| awards = OVC Coach of the Year (1964)

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}}

William Donald Dupes (October 9, 1929 – January 8, 2011) was an American football player and coach.{{cite web|url=https://www.kykerfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/William-Dupes-2539/#!/Obituary|title=William Dupes|publisher=kykerfuneralhomes.com|access-date=December 30, 2018}} He served as the head football coach at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi in 1962 and at Austin Peay State University from 1963 to 1972, compiling a career college football coaching record of 43–62–4.{{cite web|url=http://tshf.net/halloffame/dupes-bill/|title=Bill Dupes|publisher=Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame|access-date=December 30, 2018}}

Head coaching record

=College=

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Millsaps Majors

| conf =

| startyear = 1962

| endyear = single

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1962

| name = Millsaps

| overall = 3–4–2

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Austin Peay Governors

| conf = Ohio Valley Conference

| startyear = 1963

| endyear = 1972

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1963

| name = Austin Peay

| overall = 1–9

| conference = 0–7

| confstanding = 8th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1964

| name = Austin Peay

| overall = 8–1–1

| conference = 5–1–1

| confstanding = 2nd

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1965

| name = Austin Peay

| overall = 8–1

| conference = 6–1

| confstanding = 2nd

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1966

| name = Austin Peay

| overall = 6–4

| conference = 4–3

| confstanding = T–3rd

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1967

| name = Austin Peay

| overall = 2–8

| conference = 2–5

| confstanding = T–7th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1968

| name = Austin Peay

| overall = 5–5

| conference = 3–4

| confstanding = 5th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1969

| name = Austin Peay

| overall = 2–7–1

| conference = 2–5

| confstanding = 7th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1970

| name = Austin Peay

| overall = 3–7

| conference = 2–5

| confstanding = T–6th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1971

| name = Austin Peay

| overall = 2–8

| conference = 1–6

| confstanding = 7th

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1972

| name = Austin Peay

| overall = 3–8

| conference = 1–6

| confstanding = 8th

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| bowloutcome =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Austin Peay

| overall = 40–58–2

| confrecord = 26–43–1

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 43–62–4

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

References

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