William J. Flynn (July 13, 1915 – June 27, 1997) was an American college athletics administrator.
[3] In 1951 he applied to succeed head football coach Denny Myers, but fellow assistant Mike Holovak was chosen instead.
[6] At the time Flynn took office, BC was constructing three new athletic facilities - Alumni Stadium, McHugh Forum, and Roberts Center, which marked the first time that Boston College had all of its athletic facilities on campus.
[2] Flynn was responsible accepting Dave Gavitt's invitation for BC to join the newly-formed Big East Conference and hired a number of successful basketball coaches (Bob Cousy, Chuck Daly, Tom Davis, Gary Williams, and Jim O'Brien).
[9] One of his final acts as AD was to fire head football coach Jack Bicknell.
On December 10, 1990, Tulane athletic director and Boston College alumnus Chet Gladchuk Jr. was hired to succeed Flynn.