W. O. Hamilton
William Oliver Hamilton (March 29, 1876 – December 29, 1951) was an American basketball coach, track coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the third head basketball coach at the University of Kansas, coaching the Jayhawks from 1909 to 1919.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 29, 1876 Huntsville, Missouri |
| Died | December 29, 1951 (aged 75) Lawrence, Kansas |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Basketball | |
| 1898–1899 | William Jewell |
| 1906–1908 | William Jewell |
| 1909–1919 | Kansas |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1911–1919 | Kansas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 142–73 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Basketball 5 MVIAA (1910–1912, 1914–1915) | |
Hamilton later worked as a car dealer in Lawrence, Kansas. He died there of December 29, 1951 at the age of 75.[1]
Head coaching record
Basketball
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Jewell Cardinals () (1898–1899) | |||||||||
| 1898–99 | William Jewell | 1–2 | |||||||
| William Jewell Cardinals () (1906–1908) | |||||||||
| 1906–07 | William Jewell | 4–5 | |||||||
| 1907–08 | William Jewell | 12–6 | |||||||
| William Jewell: | 17–13 | ||||||||
| Kansas Jayhawks (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1909–1919) | |||||||||
| 1909–10 | Kansas | 18–1 | 7–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1910–11 | Kansas | 12–6 | 9–3 | 1st | |||||
| 1911–12 | Kansas | 11–7 | 6–2 | 1st | |||||
| 1912–13 | Kansas | 16–6 | 7–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1913–14 | Kansas | 17–1 | 13–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1914–15 | Kansas | 16–1 | 13–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1915–16 | Kansas | 6–12 | 5–11 | 4th | |||||
| 1916–17 | Kansas | 12–8 | 9–7 | 4th | |||||
| 1917–18 | Kansas | 10–8 | 9–8 | 3rd | |||||
| 1918–19 | Kansas | 7–9 | 5–9 | 5th | |||||
| Kansas: | 125–59 | 83–46 | |||||||
| Total: | 142–72 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- "Old Home Town; 10 Years Ago 1951". Lawrence Journal-World. December 29, 1961. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
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