William F. Coady was an American basketball official, coach, and player. Coady played guard for the East Boston Catholic Literature Association's basketball team, which traveled the eastern United States playing clubs such as the Buffalo Germans and the Troy Trojans. He was the coach of the

Boston College Eagles men's basketball The Boston College Eagles are a Division I college basketball program that represents Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. The team has competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since 2005, having previously play ...

team from 1921 until the basketball program was dropped in 1925. He had a 21–20 record in his four seasons as BC basketball coach. He also served as an assistant football coach under Frank Cavanaugh. After leaving B.C., Coady refereed college, high school, and amateur basketball games in Massachusetts. He would often referee two games a night during the basketball season while also working in the mornings a commission merchant in a produce market. He died on July 3, 1964, at his home in

Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As part of the Boston metropolitan area, the cities population of the 2020 U.S. census was 118,403, making it the fourth most populous city in the state, behind Boston, ...

. He was 88 years old.

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