William Schaake (July 30, 1930 â September 8, 2017) was an American football coach active at the high school and college levels between 1954 and 1975. He served as the head football coach at Minot State Teachers CollegeâÂÂnow known as Minot State UniversityâÂÂin 1965 and at Washburn University from 1967 to 1968, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 7âÂÂ18âÂÂ1.
Schaake attended Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kansas, where the played on state championship teams in football and basketball. He then moved on the University of Kansas, where he lettered in football and basketball, and was the captain of the 1951 Kansas Jayhawks football team.
After serving in the United States Air Force, Schaake began his coaching career in 1954 when he was hired as head football coach at Abilene High School in Abilene, Kansas. In 1957, he was appointed head football coach Shawnee Mission North High School in Overland Park, Kansas. The next year, took on the same position at Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas, leading his team to a record of 5âÂÂ3âÂÂ1 in the fall of 1958. The following spring, he was hired as offensive line coach at the University of WichitaâÂÂnow known as Wichita State UniversityâÂÂunder head football coach Woody Woodard.
Schaake and his wife, Darlene, retired to Ellensburg, Washington. He died there, on September 8, 2017.