William Juneau
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1879–1949)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = William Juneau
| image = Bill Juneau.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Juneau from The Cactus, 1918
| birth_date = February 24, 1879
| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
| death_date = October 9, 1949 (aged 70)
| death_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1899–1902
| player_team2 = Wisconsin
| player_positions = End, halfback
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1903
| coach_team2 = Fort Atkinson HS (WI)
| coach_years3 = 1904
| coach_team3 = Colorado College
| coach_years4 = 1906–1907
| coach_team4 = South Dakota State
| coach_years5 = 1908–1911
| coach_team5 = Marquette
| coach_years6 = 1912–1915
| coach_team6 = Wisconsin
| coach_years7 = 1917–1919
| coach_team7 = Texas
| coach_years8 = 1920–1922
| coach_team8 = Kentucky
| coach_sport9 = Basketball
| coach_years10 = 1905–1907
| coach_team10 = South Dakota State
| coach_sport11 = Baseball
| coach_years12 = 1906–1908
| coach_team12 = South Dakota State
| coach_years13 = 1913
| coach_team13 = Wisconsin
| overall_record = 86–39–10 (college football)
7–5 (basketball)
15–12–1 (baseball)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = Football
1 Western (1912)
1 SWC (1918)
| awards =
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}}
William J. Juneau (February 24, 1879 – October 9, 1949) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Colorado College (1904), South Dakota State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (1906–1907), Marquette University (1908–1911), the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1912–1915), the University of Texas at Austin (1917–1919), and the University of Kentucky (1920–1922), compiling a career college football record of 86–39–10. Juneau was also the head basketball coach at South Dakota State for two seasons from 1905 to 1907, tallying a mark of 7–5. He coached baseball at South Dakota State in 1906 and 1908 and at Wisconsin in 1913, amassing a career college baseball record of 15–12–1.
Biography
Juneau was the grandnephew of Solomon Juneau (1793–1856), a fur trader, land speculator, and politician who helped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Juneau played football at Wisconsin as an end and halfback from 1899 to 1902 and captained the Wisconsin Badgers football team in 1902. He began his coaching career in 1903 at Fort Atkinson High School in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. Juneau retired from coaching 1923 and entered the real estate business.
He died on October 9, 1949, at the age of 70 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.{{cite news |title=William J. Juneau, 70, Ex-football Coach |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/10/10/84223488.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=October 10, 1949 |access-date=December 21, 2010 }}
Head coaching record
=College football=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Colorado College Tigers
| conf = Colorado Football Association
| startyear = 1904
| endyear = single
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1904
| name = Colorado College
| overall = 6–3–1
| conference = 1–2–1
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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| name = Colorado College
| overall = 6–3–1
| confrecord = 1–2–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = South Dakota State
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1906
| endyear = 1907
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| year = 1906
| name = South Dakota State
| overall = 3–1
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| championship =
| year = 1907
| name = South Dakota State
| overall = 5–2
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| name = South Dakota State
| overall = 8–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Marquette Blue and Gold
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1909
| endyear = 1911
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| championship =
| year = 1908
| name = Marquette
| overall = 4–2–1
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| year = 1909
| name = Marquette
| overall = 2–2–1
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| championship =
| year = 1910
| name = Marquette
| overall = 6–1–2
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| championship =
| year = 1911
| name = Marquette
| overall = 7–0–2
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| name = Marquette
| overall = 19–5–6
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Wisconsin Badgers
| conf = Western Conference
| startyear = 1912
| endyear = 1915
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| championship = conference
| year = 1912
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 7–0
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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| championship =
| year = 1913
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 3–3–1
| conference = 1–2–1
| confstanding = 6th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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| championship =
| year = 1914
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 4–2–1
| conference = 2–2–1
| confstanding = T–4th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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| championship =
| year = 1915
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 4–3
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = 6th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 18–8–2
| confrecord = 10–7–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Texas Longhorns
| conf = Southwest Conference
| startyear = 1917
| endyear = 1919
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| championship =
| year = 1917
| name = Texas
| overall = 4–4
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = T–5th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1918
| name = Texas
| overall = 9–0
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1919
| name = Texas
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Texas
| overall = 19–7
| confrecord = 9–6
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kentucky Wildcats
| conf = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1920
| endyear = 1921
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1920
| name = Kentucky
| overall = 3–4–1
| conference = 0–3–1
| confstanding = 19th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1921
| name = Kentucky
| overall = 4–3–1
| conference = 1–3–1
| confstanding = 20th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Kentucky Wildcats
| conf = Southern Conference
| startyear = 1922
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1922
| name = Kentucky
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 1–2
| confstanding = T–11th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Kentucky
| overall = 13–10–2
| confrecord = 2–8–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 86–39–10
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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