William Rychel (born c. 1978) is an American college football coach and athletic director. He is the head football coach and athletic director for St. Thomas University, holding the position of head football coach since 2019 and athletic director since 2020.[1][2] He was the head football coach for Notre Dame College in 2015.[3][4] He also coached for Coe, Tri-State, Ohio Northern, and Savannah State.[5][6] He played college football for Mount Union as a guard.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Athletic director & head coach |
| Team | St. Thomas (FL) |
| Conference | TSC |
| Record | 40–18 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1978 (age 45–46) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Mount Union (2001) Coe College (2004) |
| Playing career | |
| 1997–2000 | Mount Union |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2001–2002 | Coe (GA) |
| 2003 | Coe (OL) |
| 2004–2005 | Tri-State (AHC/OC/OL) |
| 2006–2008 | Ohio Northern (co-OC) |
| 2009–2014 | Notre Dame (OH) (OC) |
| 2015 | Notre Dame (OH) |
| 2016–2018 | Savannah State (OC) |
| 2019–present | St. Thomas (FL) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2020–present | St. Thomas (FL) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 45–24 |
| Tournaments | 1–1 (NAIA playoffs) |
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA Coaches'# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame Falcons (Mountain East Conference) (2015) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Notre Dame | 5–6 | 5–5 | T–5th | |||||
| Notre Dame: | 5–6 | 5–5 | |||||||
| St. Thomas Bobcats (Mid-South Conference) (2019–2021) | |||||||||
| 2019 | St. Thomas | 4–6 | 2–4 | T–4th (Sun) | |||||
| 2020–21 | St. Thomas | 4–3 | 3–2 | 3rd (Sun) | |||||
| 2021 | St. Thomas | 9–2 | 4–2 | T–3rd (Sun) | |||||
| St. Thomas Bobcats (Sun Conference) (2022–present) | |||||||||
| 2022 | St. Thomas | 9–2 | 5–1 | 2nd | 15 | ||||
| 2023 | St. Thomas | 9–4 | 6–1 | 2nd | L NAIA Second Round | 15 | |||
| 2024 | St. Thomas | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5 | |||||
| St. Thomas: | 40–18 | 23–11 | |||||||
| Total: | 45–24 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Bill Rychel - Director of Athletics | Head Football Coach". St. Thomas University Athletics. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ^ Lebish, Marlen (October 15, 2018). "STU Announces First Head Football Coach, William Rychel". St. Thomas University. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ^ "Bill Rychel - Football Coach". Notre Dame College Athletics. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ^ Tim, Warsinskey (June 9, 2015). "Notre Dame College football coach Adam Howard resigns". cleveland.com. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ^ "Bill Rychel - Football Coach". Savannah State University Athletics. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ^ "Savannah State adds three to football coaching staff". Savannah Morning News. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
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