Bill Hess, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBill Hess
American football coach
Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1923
Date of Death: 10-Jun-1978
Profession: head coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Bill Hess
- William R.
- Hess (February 5, 1923 – June 10, 1978) was an American football coach.
- He served as the head football coach at Ohio University from 1958 to 1977.
- In his tenure as head coach for the Ohio Bobcats football team, Hess compiled a 108–91–4 record, ranking him second only to coach Don Peden on Ohio's all-time victories list.
- Hess's teams won four Mid-American Conference (MAC) championships (1960, 1963, 1967, and 1968) and won a National Small College Championship in 1960 after having an undefeated season.
- Hess also led the Bobcats to two bowl games, losing 15–14 to West Texas State in the 1962 Sun Bowl and losing 49–42 to Richmond in the 1968 Tangerine Bowl.
- His 1968 team is the only team in school history to finish ranked in the major polls.
- Hess was a native of Columbus, Ohio.
- He coached high school football in Portsmouth and Grandview Heights, Ohio before joining Woody Hayes's staff at Ohio State University in 1951.
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