Ernest C. Wills

Ernest C. Wills

Biographical details
Born	(1892-03-28)March 28, 1892 Clinton, Iowa, U.S.
Died	December 24, 1976(1976-12-24) (aged 84) Bryan, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
1913–1915	Iowa
Position(s)	Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1922	Tempe Normal
1923	Fremont HS (NE)
1924	Chadron Normal
Basketball
1922–1923	Tempe Normal
1924–1925	Chadron Normal
Baseball
1923	Tempe Normal
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1922	Tempe Normal
Head coaching record
Overall	8–4–1 (college football) 12–14 (college basketball) 5–5 (college baseball)

Ernest Claude Wills (March 28, 1892 – December 24, 1976) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Tempe Normal School, now Arizona State University, in 1922 and at Chadron State College in 1924, compiling a career college football record of 8–4–1. Wills was also the head basketball coach at Tempe Normal in 1922–23, tallying a mark of 8–4, and the head baseball coach at the school in 1923, guiding his baseball squad to a 5–5 record. Wills graduated the University of Iowa in 1916 with a degree in engineering. He played on the Iowa Hawkeyes football team from 1913 through 1915.

Wills graduated from Clinton High School in Clinton, Iowa. In 1923, he was hired physical director and coach at Fremont High School in Fremont, Nebraska. Wills died on December 24, 1976, at St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan, Texas.

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Tempe Normal Bulldogs (Independent) (1919)
1922	Tempe Normal	0–3–1
Tempe Normal:		0–3–1
Chadron Normal Eagles (Nebraska College Athletic Conference) (1924)
1924	Chadron Normal	8–1	5–1	T–3rd
Chadron Normal:		8–1	5–1
Total:		8–4–1

External links

• Ernest C. Wills at Find a Grave