W . D . Chadwick William Dean " Billy " Chadwick was an American football , baseball , and basketball coach , as well as an Athletics Director . Chadwick served as head football coach at Albion College , and the head football , basketball , baseball coach and Athletic Director at Mississippi A & M College ( now know as Mississippi State University ) . Albion College . Chadwick served as head football coach at Albion College for the 1905 and 1906 seasons . During his two - season tenure , he compiled an overall record of 8 wins , 6 losses and 1 tie ( 8 – 6 – 1 ) . Mississippi A & M College . Football . After leaving Albion , Chadwick served as the head football coach at Mississippi A & M from 1909 until 1913 compiling an overall record of 29 wins , 12 losses and 2 ties ( 29 – 12 – 2 ) . His most notable accomplishment during that time was leading the Aggies to their first ever bowl appearance and win in the 1912 Bacardi Bowl . Chadwick did not actually coach the game , but instead opted to stay home and attend the funeral of A & M end Levi Gaston Bass who had died from meningitis that he developed as a result of an injury he suffered during a game against Birmingham College . Chadwick put assistant coach and future A & M and Indiana head coach Earle C . " Billy " Hayes in charge of the squad for the trip to Cuba . The Aggies defeated defeated Club Atletico de Cuba by a score of 12 - 0 . Along with being the first postseason game for A & M it was also the last college football game to be played in which touchdowns were worth 5 points ( they were increased to 6 before the following season ) making the Aggies the last college football team to score a 5 point TD . Baseball . His longest stint as a head coach with one program came when he coached the Mississippi A & M baseball team from 1910 - 1918 . During his nine seasons as Aggie skipper he compiled an overall record of 120 - 72 - 9 and led the Aggies to Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships in 1911 and 1918 . Basketball . Chadwick was the second basketball coach in A & M history . He served one season in that capacity leading the Aggies to a 2 - 4 record during the 1910 - 1911 season . Following that season he turned the reins over to Earle C . " Billy " Hayes but continued to coach football and baseball . Athletic director . In addition to coaching three different programs at A & M , Chadwick also served as athletic director from 1909 to 1930 . During his time as AD he worked on improving athletic facilities such as building baseball and football fields , tennis courts , and constructing the school ’ s first gymnasium . Chadwick also taught physical education . He was relieved of his duties as athletic director during the so called " Bilbo Purge " of 1930 during which time Governor Theodore Bilbo , along with the boards of trustees of the schools , made several sweeping staff and administration changes at Mississippi ' s institutions of higher learning . Chadwick was retained as " Professor unassigned , outside of athletics , at the same salary . " Honor and awards . Chadwick was inducted into the Mississippi State Universality Sports Hall of Fame in 1974 . Chadwick Lake , located on the Mississippi State campus near the Bryan Athletic Administration Building , is named in his honor .