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{{Short description|American sports coach and college athletics administrator}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Billy Williams
| image = Paul B Williams Ball State.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Williams pictured in ''Orient 1925'', Ball State yearbook
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|8|8}}
| birth_place = [[Sullivan County, Indiana]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|7|14|1892|8|8}}
| death_place = [[Muncie, Indiana]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[Indiana State University|Indiana State]]
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1924–1925
| coach_team2 = [[Ball State Cardinals football|Muncie State]]
| coach_sport3 = Basketball
| coach_years4 = 1922–1925
| coach_team4 = [[Ball State Cardinals men's basketball|Muncie State]]
| coach_sport5 = Baseball
| coach_years6 = 1922–1926
| coach_team6 = [[Ball State Cardinals|Muncie State]]
| coach_years7 = 1928–1958
| coach_team7 = [[Ball State Cardinals|Ball Teachers / Ball State]]
| admin_years1 = 1921–1958
| admin_team1 = [[Ball State Cardinals|Muncie State / Ball Teachers / Ball State]]
| overall_record = 3–8 (football)<br>36–34–1 (basketball)<br>207–228–4 (baseball)
| bowl_record =
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}}
'''Paul Beauchamp''' "'''Billy'''" '''Williams''' (August 8, 1892 – July 14, 1973) was an [[American football]], [[basketball]], and [[baseball]] coach and college athletics administrator.  He served as the head football coach at Muncie State Normal School—now known as [[Ball State University]] from 1924 to 1925, compiling a record of 3–8. He was the  Ball Teachers College's head basketball from 1922 to 1925, tallying a mark of 36–34–1, and the school's head baseball coach from 1922 to 1926 and from 1928 to 1958, amassing a record of 207–228–4.  In addition, Williams served as the school's [[athletic director]] from 1921 until 1958.  He died on July 14, 1973, at a nursing home in [[Muncie, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Ex-Ball State Director Of Athletics Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22551465/palladiumitem/ |newspaper=[[Palladium-Item]] |location=[[Richmond, Indiana]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=July 15, 1973 |page=24 |access-date=August 6, 2018 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
==Head coaching record==
===Football===
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name      = [[Ball State Cardinals football|Muncie Normal Hoosieroons]]
| conf      = Independent
| startyear = 1924
| endyear   = 1925
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1924 college football season|1924]]
| name         = [[1924 Muncie Normal Hoosieroons football team|Muncie Normal]]
| overall      = 1–3
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| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1925 college football season|1925]]
| name         = [[1925 Muncie Normal Hoosieroons football team|Muncie Normal]]
| overall      = 2–5
| conference   =
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| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name       = Muncie Normal
| overall    = 3–8
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall  = 3–8
| bowls    = no
| poll     = no
| polltype =
| legend   = no
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Find a Grave|154467206}}
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[[Category:1892 births]]
[[Category:1973 deaths]]
[[Category:American men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Ball State Cardinals athletic directors]]
[[Category:Ball State Cardinals baseball coaches]]
[[Category:Ball State Cardinals football coaches]]
[[Category:Ball State Cardinals men's basketball coaches]]
[[Category:Basketball coaches from Indiana]]
[[Category:Indiana State Sycamores baseball players]]
[[Category:Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball players]]
[[Category:People from Sullivan County, Indiana]]
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