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William James McAvoy (October 16, 1884 – September 17, 1956) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Delaware (1908–1916, 1922–1924), Drexel University (1920–1921), and the University of Vermont (1925–1927), compiling a career college football head coaching record of 52–70–14.

A native of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, McAvoy attended Lafayette College, where he played football as a fullback and baseball as a left fielder. In the fall of 1906, he was elected captain of the 1907 Lafayette football team, but did not return to school the following year, instead going into business.^[1]^[2] In 1908, he played as a left fielder for the Rochester Bronchos of the Eastern League.^[3]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (Independent) (1908–1916)
1908	Delaware	3–4–1
1909	Delaware	1–6–1
1910	Delaware	1–2–2
1911	Delaware	2–5–2
1912	Delaware	1–6–1
1913	Delaware	2–4–2
1914	Delaware	7–1–1
1915	Delaware	6–3
1916	Delaware	4–3–1
Drexel (Independent) (1920–1921)
1920	Drexel	0–6
1921	Drexel	2–3–1
Drexel:		2–9–1
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (Independent) (1922–1924)
1922	Delaware	6–3
1923	Delaware	5–3–1
1924	Delaware	4–3–1
Delaware:		42–43–13
Vermont Green and Gold / Catamounts (Independent) (1925–1927)
1925	Vermont	3–6
1926	Vermont	3–6
1927	Vermont	2–6
Vermont:		8–18
Total:		52–70–14

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall
Delaware (Independent) (1909–1918)
1909–10	Delaware	5–7
1910–11	Delaware	7–6
1911–12	Delaware	2–10
1912–13	Delaware	1–6
1913–14	Delaware	3–6
1914–15	Delaware	5–7
1915–16	Delaware	7–4
1916–17	Delaware	8–6
1917–18	Delaware	5–6
Lafayette (Independent) (1919–1920)
1919–20	Lafayette	3–7
Lafayette:		3–7 (.300)
Drexel Blue and Gold (Independent) (1920–1922)
1920–21	Drexel
1921–22	Drexel
Drexel:		12–14 (.462)
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (Independent) (1922–1925)
1922–23	Delaware	7–6
1923–24	Delaware	6–8
1924–25	Delaware	2–11
Delaware:		58–83 (.411)
Vermont Green and Gold / Catamounts (Independent) (1925–1928)
1925–26	Vermont	12–9
1926–27	Vermont	11–5
1927–28	Vermont	10–9
Vermont:		33–23 (.589)
Haverford (Independent) (1928–1929)
1928–29	Haverford	2–10
Haverford:		2–10 (.167)
Total:		108–137 (.441)