Bill Loika
# Bill Loika

William W. Loika (January 1, 1922 – July 31, 1986) was an American football coach. He was the sixth head football coach at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut, serving 18 seasons, from 1964 to 1981, and compiling a record of 94–72–3.

Loika graduated from East Hartford High School in East Hartford, Connecticut in 1939. He then attended St. Benedict's College—now known as Benedictine College—in Atchison, Kansas. Loika began his coaching career 1947 in Hartford High School in Hartford, Connecticut, where he coached football, basketball, and baseball. From 1962 to 1963, he was an assistant football coach at the University of Connecticut. Loika died of cancer on July 31, 1986, at his home in Niantic, Connecticut.

## Head coaching record

### College

| Year | Team | Overall | Standing |
| - | - | - | - |
| Central Connecticut Blue Devils (NCAA College Division independent) (1964) ||||||
| 1964 | Central Connecticut | 1–8 | |
| Central Connecticut Blue Devils (Eastern Football Conference) (1965–1974) ||||||
| 1965 | Central Connecticut | 7–1 | |
| 1966 | Central Connecticut | 7–2 | |
| 1967 | Central Connecticut | 7–1 | T–1st |
| 1968 | Central Connecticut | 6–2–1 | |
| 1969 | Central Connecticut | 5–4 | |
| 1970 | Central Connecticut | 5–3–1 | |
| 1971 | Central Connecticut | 7–3 | |
| 1972 | Central Connecticut | 5–5 | T–1st |
| 1973 | Central Connecticut | 9–1 | 1st |
| 1974 | Central Connecticut | 4–5–1 | 1st |
| Central Connecticut Blue Devils (NCAA Division II independent) (1975–1981) ||||||
| 1975 | Central Connecticut | 4–5 | |
| 1976 | Central Connecticut | 5–5 | |
| 1977 | Central Connecticut | 7–3 | |
| 1978 | Central Connecticut | 3–7 | |
| 1979 | Central Connecticut | 4–5 | |
| 1980 | Central Connecticut | 3–7 | |
| 1981 | Central Connecticut | 5–5 | |
| Central Connecticut: | Central Connecticut: | 94–72–3 | |
| Total: | Total: | 94–72–3 | |
