William McCauley
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1871 |
| Died | March 23, 1898 (aged 26) Rochester, New York |
| Playing career | |
| 1892–1893 | Princeton |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1894–1895 | Michigan |
| 1896 | Michigan (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 17–2–1 |
| Statistics | |
William Lloyd "Jerry" McCauley (c. 1871 – March 23, 1898)[1] was the third head coach of the University of Michigan football team. McCauley was born in approximately 1871 and listed his home town as Stanley, New York. He attended preparatory school at Geneva Prep.[2] He later attended Princeton University where he played for the Princeton Tigers football teams in 1892 and 1893 as a tackle, left end and halfback.[3] He was 6 feet tall and 175 pounds while playing football at Princeton.[2] He later served as the head football coach at Michigan for two seasons, 1894 and 1895, leading the Wolverines to a record of 17–2–1 (.875). McCauley was a medical student at Michigan while he served as the coach of the football team. In his two seasons as head coach, the Wolverines lost only two games, once to Cornell and once to Harvard. In 1894, the Wolverines defeated Cornell, 12–4, the first time that a "western school" had beaten one of the established eastern football powers. He also served as an assistant to his successor as Michigan's coach, William Ward, during the 1896 season. After leaving Michigan, McCauely was a student in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. In March 1898, he died at his home in Rochester, New York.[4]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Michigan Wolverines (Independent) (1894–1895) | |||||||||
| 1894 | Michigan | 9–1–1 | |||||||
| 1895 | Michigan | 8–1 | |||||||
| Michigan: | 17–2–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 17–2–1 | ||||||||
