Wilfred Theodore "Bill" Houle (July 14, 1901 â December 26, 1974) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He played for one season, in 1924, for the Minneapolis Marines of the National Football League (NFL). Houle served as the head football coach at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota from 1925 to 1929, compiling a record of 7âÂÂ22âÂÂ3. He was also the head basketball coach at Saint John's from 1925 to 1930, amassing a record of 34âÂÂ36, and the school's head baseball coach from 1926 to 1930, tallying a mark of 34âÂÂ36.