William Riley Ritchie Sr. (January 25, 1876 – January 18, 1970) was an American college football player and coach, mathematics professor, and civil engineer. He was the second head football coach at

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, serving for on year, in 1901 and compiling a record of 5–3. He was also the chairman of Baylor's mathematics department. Ritchie graduated in 1900 from the

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, where he played football. In 1906, Ritchie was residing at

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, working as a mathematics professor at Henry College. He later worked a civil engineer for the

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subsequently went into various businesses in banking, livestock, logging, and oil. Ritchie retired in 1954 and moved to

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in 1960. He died on January 18, 1970, at a hospital in

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Head coaching record

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