National Football Foundation

Position: Coach
Years: Widener [PA] (1969-91), Delaware Valley [PA] (1992-95), La Salle (1997-2001)
Place of Birth: Barrington, NJ
Date of Birth: Feb 05, 1933

Leading Widener to two NCAA Division III national championships and 21-consecutive winning seasons, Bill Manlove ranks among the Top 10 in Division III history with 211 career victories to his name. The winningest coach in Widener history, Manlove led Widener to two national championships, seven Division III playoff berths, 10 Middle Atlantic Conference championships, and a streak of 21-straight winning seasons from 1970-1990. The four-time District Coach of the Year and nine- time Middle Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year took over the head coaching duties at Delaware Valley College from 1992-95 and later resurrected the football program at La Salle University that had been dormant since 1941. He led the Explorers to a winning season in his fourth year and concluded his head coaching duties in 2001. Manlove coached College Football Hall of Famers Billy ?White Shoes? Johnson (1996) and Tom Deery (1998).