1. William Meridas Meek was an American football player and coach.
15 Facts About Bill Meek
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Bill Meek's paternal grandmother was born in Germany, while his maternal grandparents emigrated from Italy.
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Bill Meek's family moved to Birmingham, Alabama, in his youth.
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Bill Meek had his first head coaching experience at age 22, with the Fort Benning Doughboy football club in 1944, while serving in the Army during World War II.
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Bill Meek served as an assistant football coach throughout the remainder of the 1940s.
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In 1951, Bill Meek was offered his first collegiate head coaching position at Kansas State University with an initial salary of $8,000.
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Bill Meek was offered the job even though he told the hiring committee at Kansas State that the program was in disarray.
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Bill Meek accepted the services of several former Army players who resigned from the academy after violating the honor code in 1951.
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Bill Meek left Kansas State following the 1954 season, when the school refused to give raises to his assistants.
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In January 1955, Bill Meek took over as the head coach at the University of Houston.
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In 1957, Bill Meek took the job as head coach of the SMU Mustangs.
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From 1962 to 1967, Bill Meek worked as an assistant coach, including stints as Director of Pro Personnel for the Denver Broncos and as a scout for the Dallas Cowboys.
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Bill Meek was offensive coordinator for Army during the 1966 and 1967 seasons.
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Bill Meek took his final coaching job in 1968, as head coach at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
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Six weeks after the Utes' 1973 season ended, Bill Meek resigned in and assistant coach Tom Lovat, an alumnus, was promoted.