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American football and basketball coach

William Knuckles
Biographical details
Born	(1928-02-25) February 25, 1928 (age 96) Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Died	June 4, 2016(2016-06-04) (aged 88) Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1951–1953	Phillips County HS (CO) (assistant)
?–1955	Yuma HS (CO) (assistant)
c. 1958	Whitworth (assistant)
1960	Idaho (assistant)
1964–1965	Southern Illinois (assistant)
1968	Louisville (OL)
1969–1970	McPherson
1974–1975	Rocky Mountain
Basketball
1951–1954	Phillips County HS (CO)
?–1956	Yuma County HS (CO)
1957–1960	Whitworth
1977–?	Northwest Christian HS (WA)

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1977–?	Northwest Christian HS (WA)

Head coaching record
Overall	6–27–1 (college football) 24–57 (college basketball)

William Gene Knuckles (April 25, 1928 – June 4, 2016) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as head football coach at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas from the 1969 to 1970 and at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana from 1974 to 1975. Knuckles was also the head basketball coach at Whitworth College—now known as Whitworth University—in Spokane, Washington from 1957 to 1960, tallying a mark of 24–57. He was hired in 1977 as athletic director and basketball coach at Northwest Christian High School in Spokane.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
McPherson Bulldogs (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1969–1970)
1969	McPherson	0–8	0–5	6th (North)
1970	McPherson	1–8	1–4	5th (North)
McPherson:		1–16	1–9
Rocky Mountain Bears (Frontier Conference) (1974–1975)
1974	Rocky Mountain	2–5–1	1–2–1	T–3rd
1975	Rocky Mountain	3–6	2–2	T–2nd
Rocky Mountain:		5–11–1	3–4–1
Total:		6–27–1

"McPherson College Football Media Guide 2010" (PDF). McPherson College Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
"Knuckles takes post with NWC". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. August 23, 1977. p. 16. Retrieved December 29, 2011 – via Google News.

v t e McPherson Bulldogs head football coaches
W. E. Daniel (1920) Dutch Lonborg (1921–1922) Floyd Mishler (1923–1924) George Gardner (1925–1929) Melvin J. Binford (1930–1935) Lester Selves (1936) W. P. Astle (1937–1939) Thomas C. Hayden (1940–1942) No team (1943–1945) Thomas C. Hayden (1946) Rolla Reiling (1947) F. M. Hardacre (1948–1949) Woody Woodard (1950–1952) Sid Smith (1953–1966) Dwight McSpadden (1967–1968) William Knuckles (1969–1970) Sid Smith (1971–1972) Don Rominger (1973–1977) John Gragg (1978) Lou Serrone (1979) Lee Dobyns (1980) Dave Cripe (1981–1983) Steve Phipps (1984–1985) Dan Thiessen (1986–1992) Bruce Grose (1993–1997) Steve Kazor (1998–1999) Dan Davis (2000–2001) David Cunningham (2002–2006) Brian Ward (2007–2009) Joe Bettasso (2010–2011) Pete Sterbick (2012–2013) Steve Fox (2014) Paul Mierkiewicz (2015–2018) Jeremiah Fiscus (2019– )

v t e Rocky Mountain Battlin' Bears head football coaches
Frank Mathew (1949–1967) C. LeRoy "Lefty" Engebritson (1968) Francis Rose (1969–1973) William Knuckles (1974–1975) Dudley Lutton (1976–1979) Doug Dierenfield (1980–1982) Jim Palazzolo (1983–1986) Lee Dobyns (1987–1988) Jeff Reinebold (1989) Richard Ulrich (1990–1992) Doug Barnett (1993–1995) Bart Andrus (1996) Jeff Lewis (1997–2000) Clay Moose (2001–2003) David Reeves (2004–2008) Brian Armstrong (2009–2015) Jason Petrino (2016–2018) Chris Stutzriem (2019) No team (2020) Chris Stutzriem (2021– )

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