Homer Woodson "Bill" Hargiss (September 1, 1887 – October 15, 1978) was an American athlete and coach.

In the team's 1910 game at Washburn, Arthur Schabinger has been credited by some to have thrown the first legal forward pass in college football history.

[8] The school was using the forward pass as a regular play three years before Knute Rockne and Notre Dame.

[15] In the 1920 game against Washburn University under coach Dwight Ream, Emporia State fullback Jack Reeves sustained a neck injury that resulted in his death.

[18] From 1928 to 1932, Hargiss served as the head football coach at University of Kansas, compiling a record of 18–16–2.

He was fired as football coach on October 10, 1932, two days after the Jawhawks lost at home to Oklahoma, 21–6.

Hargiss instructed the starters that once they returned to the field, they were to stand 10 yards behind the ball before the beginning of each play and whisper to one another what they were going to do next.

[20] An eyewitness to the game was veteran Seattle sports columnist Royal Brougham, whose stories of the contest give testimony today to OSU's early use of this pioneering new formation.