William Dietz

As the head football coach at Albright College (1937–42), compiled a 32–23–2 record before the sport was discontinued during WWII, ending his brilliant football career. William coached the Lion’s first undefeated team (7–0–1), which allowed only six points on defense for the entire season (1937). The son of a German father and a Sioux mother, Dietz played high school football, baseball, and track in Wisconsin. He attended Macalester College and Friends University, playing professional football and baseball to pay for his tuition. He later joined the Carlisle Indians football team, which included the legendary Jim Thorpe and coach Pop Warner, playing 60 minutes of every game for three seasons. He went on to be the head football coach at Washington State, winning the inaugural Rose Bowl (1916). He also coached Purdue, Louisiana Tech, Wyoming, and Albright, compiling an overall 183–73–16 collegiate coaching record. He was also an assistant coach under Pop Warner at Stanford and Temple universities. He was also the head coach at the Mare Island Marine Base, the Haskell Indian School, and the Boston Redskins of the NFL for two seasons. Syndicated columnist Bill Cunningham once wrote: “Lone Star Dietz is more than a good coach. He ranks with Pop Warner, Biff Jones and Knute Rockne as one of the really great ones.”

Deceased