W. O. Hamilton
Biographical details
BornMarch 29, 1876
Huntsville, Missouri, U.S.
DiedDecember 29, 1951 (aged 75)
Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
Alma materWilliam Jewell College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1898–1899William Jewell
1906–1908William Jewell
1909–1919Kansas
Track and field
1909–1918Kansas
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1911–1919Kansas
Head coaching record
Overall142–73 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball
5 MVIAA (1910–1912, 1914–1915)

William Oliver Hamilton (March 29, 1876 – December 29, 1951) was an American basketball coach, track coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the third head basketball coach at the University of Kansas, coaching the Jayhawks from 1909 to 1919. Under Hamilton Kansas had its first All-Americans Tommy Johnson (1909), Ralph Sproull (1915), and Dutch Lonborg (1919) who would later be a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Before coaching at Kansas, Hamilton was the coach at Central High School in Kansas City at the time Casey Stengel future member of the Baseball Hall of Fame was attending and played basketball as well as baseball. His basketball team won the city championship.[1][2]

Hamilton later worked as a car dealer in Lawrence, Kansas. He died there of December 29, 1951 at the age of 75.[3]

Head coaching record

Basketball

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
William Jewell Cardinals (Independent) (1898–1899)
1898–99 William Jewell 1–2
William Jewell Cardinals (Independent) (1906–1908)
1906–07 William Jewell 4–5
1907–08 William Jewell 12–6
William Jewell: 17–13
Kansas Jayhawks (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1909–1919)
1909–10 Kansas 18–17–11st
1910–11 Kansas 12–69–31st
1911–12 Kansas 11–76–21st
1912–13 Kansas 16–67–32nd
1913–14 Kansas 17–113–11st
1914–15 Kansas 16–113–11st
1915-16 Kansas 6–125–114th
1916-17 Kansas 12–89–74th
1917-18 Kansas 10–89–83rd
1918–19 Kansas 7–95–95th
Kansas: 125–5983–46
Total:142–72

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ↑ "W. O. Hamilton 1909-1918". Hoops Zone. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Bishop, Bill. "Casey Stengel". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Old Home Town; 10 Years Ago 1951". Lawrence Journal-World. December 29, 1961. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
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