Bill Ordway

American football coach

Bill Ordway

Biographical details
Born| (1917-05-08)May 8, 1917
Mandan, North Dakota, U.S.
Died| September 7, 1999(1999-09-07) (aged 82)
Arlington, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1936–1938| North Dakota
1946| Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Position(s)| Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1949–1950| Jamestown
Basketball
1954–1961| Juneau-Douglas HS
1961–1965| Alaska
1968–1969| Glassboro State
Baseball
1966–1967| Lewis–Clark State
Head coaching record
Overall| 5–11 (college football)
26–51 (college basketball)
26–21 (college baseball)

Allan William Ordway (May 8, 1917 – September 7, 1999) was an American gridiron football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Jamestown College—now known as the University of Jamestown—in Jamestown, North Dakota from 1949 to 1950 seasons, compiling a record of 5–11.[1]

Ordway played football for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in the early 1940s.[2]

He died of a rare lung disease, pseudomonas, in 1999. He had been in declining health in the recent years leading up to his death. He was cremated with his ashes scattered at a park.

## Head coaching record

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### College football

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Year  | Team  | Overall  | Conference | Standing  | Bowl/playoffs

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Jamestown Jimmies (North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1949–1950)
1949 | Jamestown  | 3–5 | 3–2 | T—4th |
1950 | Jamestown  | 2–6 | 2–4 | 6th |
Jamestown: | 5–11 | 5–6 |
Total: | 5–11 |

## References

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1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Jamestown College Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
2. ^ "Juneau coaching legend passes on | Juneau Empire - Alaska's Capital City Online Newspaper". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2013.

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Jamestown Jimmies head football coaches

* R. G. Dougan (1914–1915)
* Bud Daugherty (1916–1917)
* No team (1918)
* L. W. Upshaw (1919–1920)
* Floyd B. Barnum (1921)
* Karl L. Ericson (1922–1929)
* Elvin J. Cassell (1930–1942)
* No team (1943–1944)
* Elvin J. Cassell (1945–1946)
* Carl Arnold (1947–1948)
* Bill Ordway (1949–1950)
* Elvin J. Cassell (1951–1953)
* Stanley Marshall (1954–1956)
* Sidney Grande (1957–1963)
* Jim McCord (1964)
* Rollie Greeno (1965–1991)
* Joel Swisher (1992–1994)
* Emmett Etzold (1995–1999)
* Curt Skotnicki (2000–2003)
* Tom Dosch (2004–2007)
* Emmett Etzold (2008–2011)
* Shawn Frank (2012–2015)
* Travis Titus # (2015)
* Josh Kittell (2016–2018)
* Brian Mistro (2019– )

# denotes interim head coach

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Rowan Profs men's basketball head coaches

* Records incomplete (1923–1938)
* Roland Esbjornson (1938–1942)
* No team (1942–1946)
* Roland Esbjornson (1946–1949)
* Samuel Porch (1949–1955)
* Roland Esbjornson (1955–1956)
* Richard Wackar (1956–1963)
* Neil Haldeman (1963–1964)
* Richard Lauffer (1964–1968)
* Bill Ordway (1968–1969)
* Jack Collins (1969–1977)
* Ralph Saquella (1977–1983)
* Greg Ackles (1983–1989)
* John Giannini (1989–1996)
* Joe Cassidy (1996–2016)
* Joe Crispin (2016–2023)
* Eric Brennan (2023–)

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