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Bill Bomar
Bomar in 1969
Biographical details
Born(1921-07-29)July 29, 1921
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedMay 27, 1987(1987-05-27) (aged 65)
Crossnore, North Carolina, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Georgia (1950, 1951, 1972)
Playing career
Basketball
1946–1947Austin Peay
Baseball
1947Austin Peay
1948–1951Georgia
Position(s)Guard (basketball)
Third baseman (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1951–1955Puntam County HS (GA)
1956–1962Dunnellon HS (FL)
1963–1965Citrus HS (FL)
1966–1969Palmetto HS (FL)
1971–1977Southeast HS (FL) (freshmen)
1979Lees–McRae
c. 1980sAvery County HS (NC) (OC)
Basketball
1951–1956Puntam County HS (GA)
1956–1963Dunnellon HS (FL)
1963–1966Citrus HS (FL)
Baseball
1952–1956Puntam County HS (GA)
1957–1963Dunnellon HS (FL)
1964–1966Citrus HS (FL)
1972–1978Southeast HS (FL)
c. 1980sAvery County HS (NC) (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1951–1956Puntam County HS (GA)
1956–1963Dunnellon HS (FL)
1963–1966Citrus HS (FL)
1979–1980Lees–McRae
Head coaching record
Overall6–4 (junior college football)

William McKinley Bomar (July 29, 1921 – May 27, 1987) was an American athletics coach, administrator, and minister.

Playing career

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Bomar graduated from Cohn High School in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] He then played college basketball for Austin Peay in 1946 as a guard.[2] He then transferred to Georgia to play baseball as a third baseman.[3] While attending Georgia, he played semi-professional basketball alongside Sam Bailey and John Rauch.[1]

Coaching career

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In 1951, Bomar was named head football, basketball, baseball coach, and athletic director for Putnam County High School in Eatonton, Georgia.[3] As head football coach, he helped lead the team to an 8–2 record in 1952.[4] After five seasons with Putnam County, he was hired in the same four positions for Dunnellon High School. In 1960, he led the school to the inaugural Rainbow Invitational Prep Basketball Tournament.[5]

In 1963, Bomar was hired by Citrus High School, again for the same four positions as his previous two schools.[6] In 1968, he led the football team to an undefeated regular season at 10–0, while winning the Coral Coast Conference and fourth district, before falling in the first game of the state playoffs.[1] After finishing the next season with a consecutive 10–1 record, Bomar was named coach of the year by his peers.[7] He resigned in May 1970 to work on his doctorate at the University of Georgia.[8][9]

In 1971, following Bomar's one-year coaching hiatus, he was hired as the head baseball coach and freshmen football coach for Southeast High School.[10] In 1978, he resigned from both positions.[11] He was hired as the head football coach and athletic director for Lees–McRae College, his first non-high school position.[12][13] He resigned after fifteen months.[14]

Bomar later served as an assistant football and assistant baseball coach for Avery County High School.[15]

Personal life and death

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In 1951, alongside Bomar's coaching positions, he was the director of Commerce Mills Recreation Department.[3]

Bomar lived as a devote Christian.[4] After retiring from coaching he served as a minister for the Spruce Pine Presbyterian Church.[16]

Bomar and his wife, Margie, had five children together.[1] He died on May 27, 1987, at Sloop Memorial Hospital in Crossnore, North Carolina, after a battle with cancer.[16][17]

Head coaching record

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Junior college football

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Lees–McRae Bobcats (Coastal Football Conference) (1979)
1979 Lees–McRae 6–4 4–2 2nd
Lees–McRae: 6–4 4–2
Total: 6–4

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Bill Bomar Enters Fourth Season As Top Coach At PHS". The Bradenton Herald. September 11, 1969. p. 30. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  2. ^ "Governors To Meet House Of David". The Leaf-Chronicle. December 10, 1946. p. 5. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Ex-Bulldog Gets New Post". The Atlanta Consitution. June 2, 1951. p. 9. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  4. ^ a b Glassman, Sam (April 8, 1953). "More About Bill Bomar". The Macon Telegraph. p. 7. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  5. ^ "Championship Trophy". The Orlando Sentinel. January 6, 1960. p. 39. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  6. ^ "Bill Bomar Is Appointed Citrus Athletic Director". The Tampa Tribune. April 24, 1963. p. 25. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  7. ^ Rathgeber, Jim (December 25, 1969). "Bomar Named Coach Of Year". The Bradenton Herald. p. 31. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  8. ^ Bender, Bob (May 20, 1970). "Bomar Leaves Palmetto High Job". Tampa Bay Times. p. 48. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  9. ^ "Bill Bomar Will Leave Palmetto". The Bradenton Herald. May 20, 1970. p. 10. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  10. ^ "Southeast Tops Dunnellon". The Bradenton Herald. February 19, 1972. p. 12. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  11. ^ "Wait, Bomar resign coaching positions". The Bradenton Herald. August 24, 1978. p. 21. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  12. ^ "Bobcats Have New Coach". Elizabethton Star. September 5, 1979. p. 4. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  13. ^ "Bobcat coach looking toward successful year". Johnson City Press. June 14, 1979. p. 32. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  14. ^ "Campbell Named Coach". Elizabethton Star. June 1, 1980. p. 8. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  15. ^ Shell, Jamie (May 24, 2017). "Family and friends to honor former AHS coach Bill Bomar". The Avery Journal Times. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  16. ^ a b Hiatt, Willie (May 30, 1987). "Former Palmetto football coach Bill Bomar dies". The Bradenton Herald. p. 35. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
  17. ^ White, Bill (May 29, 1987). "Architect of Dunnellon High athletics will be missed". The Tampa Tribune. p. 83. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
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