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Bill Mallory, Miami/Northern Illinois (Football)
Bill Mallory witnessed personal and team success, first as a football co-captain and assistant football coach, then as a head coach at four different universities – including two Mid-American Conference institutions—Miami and Northern Illinois.
Mallory (1953-56) won three varsity letters as a player at Miami University and earned first-team All-MAC honors and served as team co-captain in 1956. Following graduation in 1957, Mallory served as an assistant coach on the staffs of College Football Hall of Famers Woody Hayes, Doyt Perry and Carm Cozza.
Mallory was named Miami’s head football coach in 1969 and established a 39-12 overall record in five seasons (1969-73), including a MAC title in 1973 (11-0 record), defeated Florida in the Tangerine Bowl (final ranking of No. 17) and the seventh best winning percentage (.765) in Miami football history—better winning percentage than Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and Terry Hoeppner.
Mallory continued his head coaching career at Colorado for five seasons (1974-78), with an overall record of 35-21-1, including a Big Eight title in 1976 and two bowl appearances (1975 and 1976). Mallory joined Northern Illinois as head coach in 1980 for four seasons (1980-83) and had an overall record of 25-19, a MAC title in 1983 (10-2 record) and a victory over Cal State Fullerton in the California Bowl. He was head coach at Indiana for 13 years (1984-96) with an overall record of 69-77-3. His first year as head coach the Hoosiers posted an 0-11 record and went on to produce seven winning seasons, six bowl appearances—All-American Bowl (1986), Peach Bowl (1987, 1990), Liberty Bowl (1988), Copper Bowl (1991) and Independence Bowl (1993).
During his collegiate head coaching career, Mallory collected an overall record of 166-120-4 (.579) in 27 seasons as head coach. His teams defeated a dozen Top 25-ranked schools, including both No. 9 Ohio State and No. 11 Michigan in 1987. Mallory was named Conference Coach of the Year four times (MAC, 1973 at Miami; MAC, 1983 at Northern Illinois; Big Ten, 1986 and 1987 at Indiana).
Mallory was inducted into the Miami University Athletic Hall of Fame (1980), the Northern Illinois University Athletic Hall of Fame (1999), the Indiana University Athletic Hall of Fame (1993), the Indiana Football Hall of Fame (1993) and Miami University’s ‘Cradle of Coaches’ Association (1995).
Mallory and his wife, Eleanor, have three sons, Mike, Curt and Doug. The couple reside in Bloomington, Ind.
