title: Billy Bancroft (coach)
text: # Billy Bancroft (coach)
  
  William Henry Bancroft (August 25, 1904 – December 6, 1993) was an American college football, basketball and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Howard College—now known as Samford University—from 1935 to 1939. Bancroft died on December 6, 1993, in Birmingham, Alabama.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  ### College football
  
  | Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Howard Bulldogs (Dixie Conference) (1935–1939) ||||||
  | 1935 | Howard | 7–1–2 | 3–0–1 | 1st |
  | 1936 | Howard | 5–3–1 | 4–1–1 | 1st |
  | 1937 | Howard | 5–3 | 4–1 | T–2nd |
  | 1938 | Howard | 2–5 | 2–1 | T–3rd |
  | 1939 | Howard | 3–6–1 | 2–3–1 | T–6th |
  | Howard: | Howard: | 22–18–4 | 15–6–3 | |
  | Total: | Total: | 22–18–4 | | |
  