Robert Lee Waters was an American football player, coach, and administrator, best known for his contributions to athletics at Western Carolina University.
11 Facts About Bob Waters
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Bob Waters coached the Western Carolina Catamounts football team for 20 seasons, and performed the dual role of athletic director from 1971 through 1986.
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Bob Waters grew up in Sylvania, Georgia, and was a successful athlete at Screven County High School, receiving 11 varsity letters for his participation in three different sports.
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Bob Waters initially entered Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, as a freshman quarterback and defensive back; but when Stetson dropped the school's football program at the end of his first season Waters transferred to Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina, where he served as a quarterback and defensive back on the college's team.
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Bob Waters was a member of the Mu chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at Presbyterian College.
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Bob Waters changed career in 1965, going to Presbyterian College as an assistant coach in 1966.
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In 1969, Bob Waters took a football coaching job at Western Carolina, bringing in a victorious season for the 1969 Catamounts in his first year, only losing to his alma mater Presbyterian College.
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Bob Waters coached 13 All-Americans and 36 All-Southern Conference players.
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In March 1989, during the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Bob Waters was reassigned from his head coaching position by university chancellor Myron Coulter.
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Bob Waters died on May 29,1989, at his home in Cullowhee, North Carolina, at the age of 50 following a six-year battle with the disease.
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Bob Waters has been inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame, the Florida Citrus Bowl Hall of Fame, and the Western Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.