William C . " King " Cole William Cutler " King " Cole ( October 7 , 1881 – April 23 , 1968 ) was a college football player and coach . He played as a tackle and end for the University of Michigan ' s 1902 " Point - a - Minute " championship football team . He played for an undefeated national championship team at Michigan in 1902 and was assistant coach to Fielding H . Yost for a second undefeated national championship team in 1904 . He later became the head football coach at Marietta College ( 1903 ) , University of Virginia ( 1905 – 1906 ) , and University of Nebraska ( 1907 – 1910 ) . He led the Nebraska Cornhuskers to two Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships . Playing career . Cole was born on October 7 , 1881 in Washington County , Ohio . He attended high school at Charlottesville , Virginia before enrolling at Marietta College in Ohio . He played three years of college football for Marietta before graduating in 1902 . In the fall of 1902 , Cole enrolled in the law school at the University of Michigan . While attending law school , Cole played football for Fielding H . Yost ' s " Point - a - Minute " football team in 1902 . He was one of the stars of the 1902 Michigan Wolverines football team that finished the season 11 – 0 , outscored opponents 644 to 12 , and was recognized as a national champion . Cole started three games at left tackle and four games at right end for the 1902 Wolverines . Coaching career . Cole received his law degree in 1905 . With the performance of Yost ' s " Point - a - Minute " teams , his players were in great demand as coaches by universities hoping to reproduce Yost ' s success . Dan McGugin went to Vanderbilt , Willie Heston to Drake , Albert E . Herrnstein to Purdue and Ohio State , Paul J . Jones to Western Reserve , Bruce Shorts to Nevada and Oregon , Curtis Redden to Kentucky , Frank Longman to Arkansas and Notre Dame , Joseph Maddock to Oregon and Utah and Fred Norcross to Oregon State . Accordingly , Cole agreed to serve as the football coach at Marietta College in 1903 — even before completing his legal degree at Michigan . In 1904 , he returned to Ann Arbor to complete his legal education and served as an assistant coach under Yost . As Yost ' s assistant , Cole helped lead the Wolverines to another undefeated season and national championship in 1904 . Virginia . In January 1905 , Cole agreed to be the head football coach at the University of Virginia after graduating in the spring . He was hired at a salary of $ 1 , 800 . Cole coached the Virginia team to a 5 – 4 record in 1905 . After the season ended , Cole decided to leave coaching and begin his career as an attorney . After leaving Virginia at the end of the 1905 football season , Cole practiced law in Toledo , Ohio . In late August 1906 , Cole was persuaded to return to Virginia to serve as football coach for another season . In 1906 , his Virginia football team improved its record to 7 – 2 . Nebraska . In January 1907 , Cole was hired by the University of Nebraska to take over as head coach of its football program . From 1907 to 1910 , he coached at Nebraska and compiled a 25 – 8 – 3 record . Cole developed many strong players at Nebraska , and his Cornhuskers teams twice won the Missouri Valley Conference championship . In 1911 , the Missouri Valley Conference adopted a new rule prohibiting " special coaching " and requiring that coaches must be full - time faculty members . Cole had purchased a ranch in Missoula , Montana that required his personal attention in the off - season . Unable to commit to a year - round position , Cole resigned as coach at Nebraska after the 1910 season in which he led Nebraska to a 7 – 1 record . Cole ' s last game as Nebraska ' s head football coach was a 119 – 0 win over the Haskell Indians , a point total that still ranks as the highest ever by a Cornhuskers team . Cole ' s career record as the head coach at Marietta , Virginia , and Nebraska was 44 – 17 – 5 . In his seven years of head coaching , he never had a losing record . Later life . After retiring from coaching , Cole worked on his ranch of several hundred acres in the fruit - growing belt of the Northwest . Cole died at a Charlottesville , Virginia nursing home in 1968 .