Bill Cubit

College coach infobox


Name = Bill Cubit
Caption = Cubit, before a 2008 WMU home game
DateOfBirth = Birth date and age|1953|10|14|mf=y
Birthplace = Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania
Sport = Football
College = Western Michigan
Title = Head coach
CurrentRecord = 20–16 (.556)
OverallRecord = 54–34–1 (.612)
Awards = MAC Coach of the Year (2005)
Championships =
CFbDWID = 3755
Player = Y
Years = 1971–74
Team = Delaware
Position = Wide receiver
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1983–1985 1986–1988 1989 1990–1991 1992–1996 1997–1999 2000 2001–2002 2003–2004 2005–present
CoachTeams = UCF (DB) Martin County HS Florida (QB) Akron (RB) Widener Western Michigan (OC) Missouri (OC) Rutgers (OC) Stanford (OC) Western Michigan
HOF =

Bill Cubit (pron-en|kɪu bɪt) (born October 14, 1953 in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania) is currently the head coach of the Western Michigan University Broncos football team.

Coaching career

Cubit was named head coach on December 4, 2004, succeeding former head coach Gary Darnell. Cubit turned around a program that was 1–10 the prior season and had three losing seasons in a row to a 7–4 record, the biggest one season turnaround in Mid-American Conference (MAC) history and the second largest one year turnaround in 2005 Division I-A football. For his efforts, Cubit was named the 2005 MAC Coach of the Year.

Cubit was previously the offensive coordinator for the Broncos under Darnell from 1997–1999. He also spent time as the offensive coordinator at Stanford, Missouri and Rutgers; and five seasons as head coach at Division III Widener University in Philadelphia.

Cubit led Western Michigan to the International Bowl on January 6, 2007. This was the first bowl game for Western Michigan since 1988, when the team played in the California Raisin Bowl. The Broncos fell to the University of Cincinnati Bearcats 27–24.

Personal

Cubit attended Sharon Hill High School. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1973 with a B.S. in Business, and later earned his M.A. in Education in 1979 from Saint Joseph's University.

His son, Ryan Cubit, was a three-year starter at quarterback for the WMU football team from 2004–2006. Ryan is currently an offensive graduate assistant on the WMU coaching staff.

Head coaching record

CFB Yearly Record Subhead
name = Widener University
conf = Middle Atlantic Corporation
startyear = 1992
endyear = 1996CFB Yearly Record Entry
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year = 1992
name = Widener
overall = 3–6–1
conference = 3–4–1
confstanding = 5th
bowl =
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ranking = no
ranking2 = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1993
name = Widener
overall = 6–4
conference = 6–4
confstanding = 2nd (Commonwealth)
bowl =
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ranking = no
ranking2 = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
year = 1994
name = Widener
overall = 10–2
conference = 9–0
confstanding = 1st (Commonwealth)
bowl =
bowlname = NCAA Second round
bowloutcome =
bcsbowl =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
year = 1995
name = Widener
overall = 8–3
conference = 8–2
confstanding = 1st (Commonwealth)
bowl =
bowlname = NCAA First round
bowloutcome =
bcsbowl =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 1996
name = Widener
overall = 7–3
conference = 7–2
confstanding = 2nd (Commonwealth)
bowl =
bowlname =
bowloutcome =
bcsbowl =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCFB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Widener
overall = 34–18–1
confrecord = 33–13–1CFB Yearly Record Subhead
name = Western Michigan University
conf = Mid-American Conference
startyear = 2005
endyear =CFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2005
name = Western Michigan
overall = 7–4
conference = 5–3
confstanding = 3rd (West)
bowl =
bowlname =
bowloutcome =
bcsbowl =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2006
name = Western Michigan
overall = 8–5
conference = 6–2
confstanding = 2nd (West)
bowl =
bowlname = International Bowl
bowloutcome = L
bcsbowl =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2007
name = Western Michigan
overall = 5–7
conference = 3–4
confstanding = 4th (West)
bowl =
bowlname =
bowloutcome =
bcsbowl =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCFB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
year = 2008
name = Western Michigan
overall =
conference =
confstanding =
bowl =
bowlname =
bowloutcome =
bcsbowl =
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCFB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Western Michigan
overall = 20–16
confrecord = 14–9CFB Yearly Record End
overall = 54–34–1
bcs = no
poll =
polltype =

ee also

* 2007 Western Michigan Broncos football team
* 2008 Western Michigan Broncos football team

External links

* [http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=24292&SPID=1922&DB_OEM_ID=4600&ATCLID=129373&Q_SEASON=2006&KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=4600&DB_LANG=&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT= Bill Cubit Biography]