Bill Adams was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Arkansas State CollegeâÂÂnow known as Arkansas State UniversityâÂÂfrom 1939 to 1941, compiling a record of 5âÂÂ14âÂÂ2. Adams attended Arkansas State, where he played college football as a quarterback from 1935 to 1936. He was an assistant football coach at Walnut Ridge High School in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas prior to be hired as the head football coach at his alma mater in May 1939.