Evan Owen "Bill" Williams (September 26, 1889 â December 21, 1946) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Huron University in Huron, South Dakota for one season, 1915, and Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa for one season, in 1932 season. Williams was also the head basketball coach at Drake from 1932 to 1943, compiling a record of 113âÂÂ115. He was the athletic director at Drake from 1932 to 1940.
During World War II, Williams served as recreation field director with the Red Cross in the South West Pacific theatre. He returned to Des Moines the spring of 1946, and worked a automobile salesman. Williams committed suicide by hanging, on December 22, 1946, at Hotel Kirkwoodin Des Moines.