Bill Steers

William Henry "Wild Bill" Steers (April 13, 1897 – December 20, 1957) was an American college football player and coach and university professor.

[1] He served as the head football coach at California University of Pennsylvania in California, Pennsylvania from 1929 to 1940, compiling a record of 37–40–9.

A native of The Dalles, Oregon, Steers played football at the University of Oregon, where he was a member of the 1919 Oregon Webfoots football team, which shared the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) title and played in the 1920 Rose Bowl.

He earned a Master of Arts degree from Oregon in 1929 and a doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1940.

Steers was hired as a professor of physical educator at Ithaca College in 1940.