Bill Lange College coach

William Fisher "Bill" Lange (February 16, 1897 – June 22, 1953) was an American basketball and football player and coach. He played college football and basketball for Wittenberg College from 1918 to 1921. During the 1922–23 season, he coached the Cleveland Rosenblums, an early professional basketball team that was known at the time as "the fastest basket ball aggregation in this part of the country." From 1923 to 1936, he was the athletic director and head football and basketball coach at Muskingum College in Ohio. He was best known for being the head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team from 1939 through 1944.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Lange William Fisher
Birth dateFebruary 16, 1897
Birth place
Cleveland
Date of deathJune 22, 1953

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Coach

coached team
Muskingum University
Kenyon College
North Carolina Tar Heels football
North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
overall record219–144 (basketball)

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