William V. Slyker

William V. Slyker was Reitz Football’s third head coach from 1922 to 1924 and compiled a 12-13-1 record.

Titles won at Reitz

Points of interest

Born on Feb. 14, 1899
Played for the Huron High School that won the Ohio state championship in 1917
Served in World War I
Played football for Ohio State University, playing in the 1921 Rose Bowl and graduating in 1922
Played for the NFL’s Evansville Crimson Giants in 1922
After leaving Reitz, he coached at Cleveland Heights (Ohio) High School for five years, winning 25 consecutive games and two Greater Cleveland Championships
Returned to Evansville in 1930 to coach the Purple Aces; while at Evansville College, also coached basketball and served as athletic director
After World War II ended Evansville’s football program for a few years, worked for Republic Aviation Corporation before becoming a public defender for the Vanderburgh County Civic Court
Passed away Jan. 3, 1949
Posthumously inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1979 (Slyker’s Indiana Football Hall of Fame profile)

High School coaching record

Year	Team	Record	Championships
Reitz High School (12-13-1, 3 years)
1922	Reitz	2-5-1
1923	Reitz	4-5	City Champs
1924	Reitz	6-3
Cleveland Heights (Ohio) High School (unknown, 5 years)
1925	Cleveland Heights	???
1926	Cleveland Heights	???
1927	Cleveland Heights	4-4-1
1928	Cleveland Heights	???
1929	Cleveland Heights	???
TOTAL (unknown, 8 years)

Collegiate coaching record

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