William Rohr, Miami (Men's Basketball)
Bill Rohr, who was a member of the Athletic Hall of Fame at Ohio Wesleyan and Ohio University, coached Miami's basketball team for six seasons from 1951-57. His teams won 91 of 138 games, captured four Mid-American Conference championships and participated in three NCAA Tournaments.
A 1940 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan, where he was a standout basketball player, Rohr began his coaching career as an assistant football coach under Paul Brown at Massillon. After his discharge from the U.S. Air Force in 1946, Rohr became head basketball coach at Portsmouth High School. In five years his teams won 82 of 111 games. Following his stay at Miami, Rohr accepted the head basketball coaching assignment at Northwestern. He took over the position as Athletic Director at Ohio University in 1963, ending his career in 1980. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1975.
