Scott Williams (American football coach)

American football player and coach

Scott Williams
Playing career
1890	Illinois

Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1890	Illinois

Head coaching record
Overall	1–2

Scott Williams was an American football coach. He served as the first head football coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, coaching for one season in 1890 and compiling a record of 1–2.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
Illinois Fighting Illini (Independent) (1890)
1890	Illinois	1–2
Illinois:		1–2
Total:		1–2

"Scott Williams Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.

v t e Illinois Fighting Illini head football coaches
Scott Williams (1890) Robert Lackey (1891) Edward K. Hall (1892–1893) Louis Vail (1894) George Huff (1895–1899) Fred L. Smith (1900) Edgar Holt (1901–1902) George Washington Woodruff (1903) Arthur R. Hall, Justa Lindgren, Fred Lowenthal & Clyde Matthews (1904) Fred Lowenthal (1905) Justa Lindgren (1906) Arthur R. Hall (1907–1912) Robert Zuppke (1913–1941) Ray Eliot (1942–1959) Pete Elliott (1960–1966) Jim Valek (1967–1970) Bob Blackman (1971–1976) Gary Moeller (1977–1979) Mike White (1980–1987) John Mackovic (1988–1991) Lou Tepper (1991–1996) Ron Turner (1997–2004) Ron Zook (2005–2011) Vic Koenning # (2011) Tim Beckman (2012–2014) Bill Cubit # (2015) Lovie Smith (2016–2020) Rod Smith # (2020) Bret Bielema (2021– ) # denotes interim head coach

# denotes interim head coach

v t e Illinois Fighting Illini starting quarterbacks
S. Williams (1890) Fred Muhl (1903) Clark (1914–15) Macomber (1916) Sid Nichols (1917) Fletcher (1918–20) Sternaman (1921) Beynon (1932–34) Moss (1946–47) O'Connell (1951–52) Taliaferro (1962–63) Wells (1970–72) Kopatz (1975) Steger (1975–77) McCray (1977) Weiss (1978–79) McCullough (1978–79) McAvoy (1979) D. Wilson (1980) Eason (1981–82) Trudeau (1983–85) Lamb (1986) Menkhausen (1986–87) Mohr (1987) Freund (1987) George (1988–89) Verduzco (1990–92) Kinney (1992) J. Johnson (1993–95) S. Weaver (1993–96) Hoekstra (1996–98) Lavery (1997) K. Johnson (1997–98) Kittner (1998–2001) Ward (2000, 02–03) Beutjer (2002–04) Pazan (2003–04) Bower (2004) Brasic (2005–06) J. Williams (2006–2009) Charest (2009) McGee (2009) Scheelhaase (2010–2013) O'Toole (2012, 2014) Lunt (2014–2016) Crouch (2016–2017) George Jr. (2016–2017) Thomas (2017) Bush (2018) Rivers (2018) Peters (2019–2021) Robinson (2019–2020) Taylor (2020) I. Williams (2020) Sitkowski (2021) DeVito (2022) Altmyer (2023–2024) Paddock (2023)

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