Bill Zwaan
{{Short description|American football and Basketball coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Bill Zwaan
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|11|9}}
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| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1973–1975
| player_team2 = Delaware
| player_positions = Quarterback
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1977–1979
| coach_team2 = Monsignor Bonner HS (PA) (OC)
| coach_years3 = 1980
| coach_team3 = Cincinnati (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1981–1985
| coach_team4 = Merchant Marine (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1988
| coach_team5 = Martin County HS (FL) (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 1989–1991
| coach_team6 = Martin County HS (FL)
| coach_years7 = 1992–1996
| coach_years8 = 1997–2002
| coach_team8 = Widener
| coach_years9 = 2003–2023
| coach_team9 = West Chester
| coach_sport10 = Baseball
| coach_years11 = 1983–1984
| coach_team11 = Merchant Marine
| coach_years12 = 1993–1996
| coach_team12 = Widener
| overall_record = 217–90 (college football)
67–101–1 (college baseball)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = Football
10–10 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
5–2 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
| championships = Football
3 Middle Atlantic (2000–2002)
2 PSAC (2018)
4 PSAC East Division (2004, 2007-2008, 2013, 2015, 2017–2018)
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Bill Zwaan Sr. (born November 9, 1954) in an American former college football and college baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania from 1997 to 2002 and West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2023, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 217–90. Zwaan was also as the head baseball coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York from 1983 to 1984 and Widener from 1993 to 1996, amassing career college baseball head coaching record of 67–101–1.{{cite web|title=NCAA Career Statistics – Bill Zwaan |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careercoach|website=NCAA.org|accessdate=January 24, 2015}}
Head coaching record
=College football=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Widener Pioneers
| conf = Middle Atlantic Conferences
| startyear = 1997
| endyear = 2002
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1997
| name = Widener
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 3rd (Commonwealth)
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| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 1998
| name = Widener
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = T–1st (Commonwealth)
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1999
| name = Widener
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = T–2nd (Commonwealth)
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2000
| name = Widener
| overall = 12–2
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st (Commonwealth)
| bowlname = NCAA Division III Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2001
| name = Widener
| overall = 12–1
| conference = 10–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division III Quarterfinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2002
| name = Widener
| overall = 9–1
| conference = 8–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Widener
| overall = 54–14
| confrecord = 33–6
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = West Chester Golden Rams
| conf = Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2003
| endyear = 2023
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2003
| name = West Chester
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = 3rd (East)
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2004
| name = West Chester
| overall = 11–4
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st (East)
| bowlname = NCAA Division II Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2005
| name = West Chester
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = 2nd (East)
| bowlname = NCAA Division II First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2006
| name = West Chester
| overall = 9–4
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = 2nd (East)
| bowlname = NCAA Division II Second Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2007
| name = West Chester
| overall = 9–3
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st (East)
| bowlname = NCAA Division II First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2008
| name = West Chester
| overall = 9–4
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st (East)
| bowlname = NCAA Division II Second Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2009
| name = West Chester
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd (East)
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2010
| name = West Chester
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 4th (East)
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2011
| name = West Chester
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–4th (East)
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2012
| name = West Chester
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd (East)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 2013
| name = West Chester
| overall = 13–2
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = T–1st (East)
| bowlname = NCAA Division II Semifinal
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2014
| name = West Chester
| overall = 11–2
| conference = 8–1
| confstanding = 2nd (East)
| bowlname = NCAA Division II Second Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 2015
| name = West Chester
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 1st (East)
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2016
| name = West Chester
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 2nd (East)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 2017
| name = West Chester
| overall = 9–4
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = T–1st (East)
| bowlname = NCAA Division II Second Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 2018
| name = West Chester
| overall = 10–1
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st (East)
| bowlname = NCAA Division II First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2019
| name = West Chester
| overall = 9–3
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 3rd (East)
| bowlname = NCAA Division II First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2020–21
| name = No team—COVID-19
| overall =
| conference =
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2021
| name = West Chester
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 4th (East)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2022
| name = West Chester
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd (East)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2023
| name = West Chester
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = T–4th (East)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = West Chester
| overall = 163–76
| confrecord = 103–32
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 217–90
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://wcupagoldenrams.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/bill-zwaan/1912 West Chester profile]
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