 Juneau from The Cactus, 1918 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 24, 1879 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | October 9, 1949 (aged 70) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1899–1902 | Wisconsin |
| Position(s) | End, halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1903 | Fort Atkinson HS (WI) |
| 1904 | Colorado College |
| 1906–1907 | South Dakota State |
| 1908–1911 | Marquette |
| 1912–1915 | Wisconsin |
| 1917–1919 | Texas |
| 1920–1922 | Kentucky |
| Basketball | |
| 1905–1907 | South Dakota State |
| Baseball | |
| 1906–1908 | South Dakota State |
| 1913 | Wisconsin |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 86–39–10 (college football) 7–5 (basketball) 15–12–1 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 Western (1912) 1 SWC (1918) | |
William J. Juneau (February 24, 1879 – October 9, 1949) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Colorado College (1904), South Dakota State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (1906–1907), Marquette University (1908–1911), the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1912–1915), the University of Texas at Austin (1917–1919), and the University of Kentucky (1920–1922), compiling a career college football record of 86–39–10. Juneau was also the head basketball coach at South Dakota State for two seasons from 1905 to 1907, tallying a mark of 7–5. He coached baseball at South Dakota State in 1906 and 1908 and at Wisconsin in 1913, amassing a career college baseball record of 15–12–1.
Juneau was the grandnephew of Solomon Juneau (1793–1856), a fur trader, land speculator, and politician who helped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Juneau played football at Wisconsin as an end and halfback from 1899 to 1902 and captained the Wisconsin Badgers football team in 1902. He began his coaching career in 1903 at Fort Atkinson High School in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. Juneau retired from coaching 1923 and entered the real estate business.
He died on October 9, 1949, at the age of 70 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado College Tigers (Colorado Football Association) (1904) | |||||||||
| 1904 | Colorado College | 6–3–1 | 1–2–1 | 4th | |||||
| Colorado College: | 6–3–1 | 1–2–1 | |||||||
| South Dakota State (Independent) (1906–1907) | |||||||||
| 1906 | South Dakota State | 3–1 | |||||||
| 1907 | South Dakota State | 5–2 | |||||||
| South Dakota State: | 8–3 | ||||||||
| Marquette Blue and Gold (Independent) (1909–1911) | |||||||||
| 1908 | Marquette | 4–2–1 | |||||||
| 1909 | Marquette | 2–2–1 | |||||||
| 1910 | Marquette | 6–1–2 | |||||||
| 1911 | Marquette | 7–0–2 | |||||||
| Marquette: | 19–5–6 | ||||||||
| Wisconsin Badgers (Western Conference) (1912–1915) | |||||||||
| 1912 | Wisconsin | 7–0 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1913 | Wisconsin | 3–3–1 | 1–2–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1914 | Wisconsin | 4–2–1 | 2–2–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1915 | Wisconsin | 4–3 | 2–3 | 6th | |||||
| Wisconsin: | 18–8–2 | 10–7–2 | |||||||
| Texas Longhorns (Southwest Conference) (1917–1919) | |||||||||
| 1917 | Texas | 4–4 | 2–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1918 | Texas | 9–0 | 4–0 | T–1st | |||||
| 1919 | Texas | 6–3 | 3–2 | 4th | |||||
| Texas: | 19–7 | 9–6 | |||||||
| Kentucky Wildcats (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1920–1921) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Kentucky | 3–4–1 | 0–3–1 | 19th | |||||
| 1921 | Kentucky | 4–3–1 | 1–3–1 | 20th | |||||
| Kentucky Wildcats (Southern Conference) (1922) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Kentucky | 6–3 | 1–2 | T–11th | |||||
| Kentucky: | 13–10–2 | 2–8–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 86–39–10 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||