Bill Weeks | |
Birth Date: | 20 October 1929 |
Birth Place: | Hampton, Iowa, U.S. |
Death Place: | Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1948–1950 |
Player Team1: | Iowa State |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Years1: | 1954–1955 |
Coach Team1: | Grinnell HS (IA) |
Coach Years2: | 1956–1957 |
Coach Team2: | New Mexico (ends) |
Coach Years3: | 1958–1959 |
Coach Team3: | New Mexico (backfield) |
Coach Years4: | 1960–1967 |
Coach Team4: | New Mexico |
Overall Record: | 40–41–1 (college) 9–8–1 (high school) |
Championships: | 3 WAC (1962–1964) |
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William Weeks (October 20, 1929 – May 2, 2006)[1] was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of New Mexico from 1960 to 1967, compiling a record of 40–41–1. Weeks was an All-Big Seven Conference quarterback at Iowa State University in 1949 and 1950. He played in the East–West Shrine Game and the Hula Bowl following the 1950 season. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the eighteenth round of the 1951 NFL draft. Weeks died at the age of 76 on May 2, 2006, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[2]