Coach Willis Bates

Name:

Willis Bates

Birth:

26-Jan-1880 (Age: 59)

Location:

Ohio, USA

Death:

13-May-1939

Location:

Long Beach, California, USA

Link(s):

Wikipedia Page

Comments:

He was the head coach at Oklahoma Christian University (later known as Philips University) in 1909. He was also the head coach at Southwestern College in Kansas from 1914 until 1925.

Head Coach:

Wichita State - 1905-1908
Phillips - 1909

All Coaching*:

Wichita State - Head Coach - 1905-1908
Phillips - Head Coach - 1909

*Only teams that are in the database (played the Sooners at least once or have been listed in a poll) are listed here - others are shown in the comments.

Record (Sooners vs Willis Bates)

Ascending Descending	Opponent	Conf	AP **	CP	Score	Location	Attend	Coach	More
11/19/1908	Wichita State	Ind			12-4 (W)	Norman, OK	0	Bates