William J. "Bill" Juneau (c. 1879 – October 9, 1949) was an
American football player and coach of football,
basketball, and
baseball. He served as the head football coach at
Colorado College (1904),
South Dakota State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (1906–1907),
Marquette University (1908–1911), the
University of Wisconsin–Madison (1912–1915), the
University of Texas (1917–1919), and the
University of Kentucky (1920–1922), compiling a career
college football record of 86–39–12. Juneau was also the head basketball coach at South Dakota State for two seasons from 1905 to 1907, tallying a mark of 7–5. He coached baseball at South Dakota State in 1906 and 1908 and at Wisconsin in 1913, amassing a career
college baseball record of 15–12–1.
Juneau was the grandnephew of
Solomon Juneau (1793–1856), a fur trader, land speculator, and politician who helped found the city of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Juneau played football at Wisconsin as an
end and
halfback from 1899 to 1902 and captained the
Wisconsin Badgers football team in 1902. He began his coaching career in 1903 at Fort Atkinson High School in
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. Juneau retired from coaching 1923 and entered the real estate business. He died on October 9, 1949 at the age of 70.
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