William Lloyd "Jerry" McCauley (July 6, 1872 – March 23, 1898) was an American

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player and coach. He was the third head coach of the University of Michigan football team. McCauley listed his home town as

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. He attended preparatory school at Geneva Prep. He later attended

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, where he played for the

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teams in 1892 and 1893 as a tackle, left

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and halfback. He was six feet tall and 175 pounds while playing football at Princeton. McCauley later enrolled at the

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as a medical student. While at Michigan, he served as the head coach of the

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and

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s. He compiled a coaching record of 17–2–1, and his .875 winning percentage remains the second highest in the program's history. McCauley was a medical student at Michigan while he served as the coach of the football team. In his two seasons as head coach, the Wolverines lost only two games, once to

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and once to

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. In 1894, the Wolverines defeated Cornell, 12–4, the first time that a "western school" had beaten one of the established eastern football powers. He also served as an assistant coach for the 1896 Michigan football team. After leaving Michigan, McCauely was a student in the medical department of the

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. In March 1898, he died of heart disease at his home in

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Head coaching record

References

External links

Profile at Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History
* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCauley, William 1872 births 1898 deaths 19th-century players of American football American football ends American football halfbacks American football tackles Michigan Wolverines football coaches Princeton Tigers football players People from Ontario County, New York Players of American football from Rochester, New York Coaches of American football from New York (state)