William P . Edmunds William Philip Edmunds ( November 29 , 1885 – April 1977 ) was an American football player and coach , college athletics administrator , and medical doctor . He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1908 to 1910 and was the head football coach at West Virginia University ( 1912 ) , Washington University in St . Louis ( 1913 – 1916 ) , and the University of Vermont ( 1919 ) . Early years . Edmunds was born in Middlesex Township , Butler County , Pennsylvania in November 1885 . His parents , David and Eliza Edmunds , were immigrants from Wales . At the time of the 1900 United States Census , the family was living in Youngstown , Ohio . University of Michigan . After growing up in Youngstown , Ohio , Edmunds attended the University of Michigan where he received a medical degree as part of the Class of 1912 . While at Michigan , Edmunds played football for Fielding H . Yost on the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1908 to 1910 . He started two games as a fullback for the 1908 Michigan Wolverines football team . For the 1909 team , he started two games at right guard and one at left tackle . In 1910 , he started two games at left end , three at left tackle , and one at right tackle . He was selected as an All - Western Conference tackle after the 1910 season . Coaching and military service . After leaving Michigan , Edmunds served as the head football coach at West Virginia University in 1912 . He led the 1912 West Virginia team to a 6 – 3 record . In March 1913 , Edmunds was hired as the head coach of the football , baseball , basketball and track teams at Washington University in St . Louis . He served as the head football coach there from 1913 to 1916 . With the entry of the United States into World War I , Edmunds joined the United States Army . He served as a captain in the infantry starting on August 15 , 1917 from CL . He was promoted to the rank of major on September 4 , 1918 . He was stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana . He was part of the American Expeditionary Forces from June 12 , 1918 , to January 30 , 1919 . He was honorably discharged on March 4 , 1919 . In September 1919 , Edmunds was hired as the athletic director and coach in " all branches of ahtletics " at the University of Vermont . He served one year as Vermont ' s head football coach . Edmunds compiled a career college football coaching record of 19 – 22 – 2 . Later years and family . Edmunds was married on December 25 , 1914 , to Kathryn Evans at Wheatland , Pennsylvania . At the time of the 1920 United States Census , Edmunds was living in Burlington , Vermont , with his wife , Kathryn . His occupation was listed as a university athletic director . Edmunds later moved to Cleveland , Ohio , where he worked as a medical doctor . At the time of the 1930 United States Census , he was living in Cleveland Heights , Ohio , with his wife , Kathryn , and their two sons , David and William . Edmunds was employed at the time as a physician for an oil corporation . In April 1942 , Edmunds reported in a draft registration card that he was living in Cleveland Heights and working for the Standard Oil Co . in Cleveland . Edmunds lived in Clearwater , Florida in his retirement . He died there in April 1977 .