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William Morris Carroll (May 1, 1926 – December 4, 2009) was an American pole vaulter and later coach of the track and field and cross country teams at the University of Oklahoma.

Athletic career

Carroll was a world-ranked pole vaulter at the University of Oklahoma. He was the number 7 pole vaulter in the world in 1949, and moved up to the number six position in 1950. Those same years, he was ranked sixth and then fifth in the US. Carroll tied for second place at the NCAA Track and Field Championships in 1949 with a height of 14 feet.

Carroll also enjoyed success as a high school athlete, winning the Oklahoma state high school championship in 1944. While competing in collete, he set the record at the 1950 Kansas Relays with a vault of 14 feet 5 inches and set the record for the Big 7 Outdoor championship.

Coaching career

Southwestern

Carroll was the 14th head football coach at the Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, serving for seasons, from 1952 to 1953, compiling a record of 2–15–1.

Oklahoma

Carroll was an assistant and later head coach at the University of Oklahoma for the track and field and cross country teams from 1959 until 1964.

Head coaching record

Football

References

1. The Southwesterner Archived June 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine "Deaths of Friends" Spring 2010, p7
2. ^ CBS Sports Archived April 4, 2019, at the Wayback Machine 2007 University of Oklahoma Track & Field Guide, p118
3. Track & Field News Archived February 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine All-Time World Rankings--Men's Pole Vault
4. Track & Field News Archived December 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine All-Time US Rankings--Men's Pole Vault
5. Men's NCAA Jumps Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
6. OKLAHOMA TRACK COACHES ASSOCIATION Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Boys Track and Field Individual State Champions
7. Los Angeles Times "Eight Marks Fall in Kansas Relays" April 23, 1950
8. Prescott Evening Courier "Sports in Brief" April 24, 1950
9. St. Petersburg Times "Missouri Takes Big 7 Crown" May 22, 1949
10. Southwestern College - Winfield, Kansas Archived December 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Football records

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