Bill Sylvester
# Bill Sylvester

William L. Sylvester (August 21, 1928 – March 30, 2022) was an American football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1970 to 1984, compiling a record of 84–65–2. Sylvester was also the athletic director at Butler from 1975 to 1989.

## Head coaching record

### College

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Butler Bulldogs (Indiana Collegiate Conference) (1970–1977) ||||||
| 1970 | Butler | 3–6–1 | 2–2 | 3rd | |
| 1971 | Butler | 3–7 | 1–3 | T–5th | |
| 1972 | Butler | 5–5 | 4–1 | T–1st | |
| 1973 | Butler | 5–5 | 4–1 | 1st | |
| 1974 | Butler | 8–2 | 6–0 | 1st | |
| 1975 | Butler | 9–1 | 6–0 | 1st | |
| 1976 | Butler | 6–4 | 2–3 | T–4th | |
| 1977 | Butler | 5–5 | 3–1 | T–1st | |
| Butler Bulldogs (Heartland Collegiate Conference) (1978–1984) ||||||
| 1978 | Butler | 5–5 | 3–2 | T–2nd | |
| 1979 | Butler | 5–5 | 3–2 | 3rd | |
| 1980 | Butler | 5–5 | 3–4 | T–5th | |
| 1981 | Butler | 3–7 | 2–5 | T–5th | |
| 1982 | Butler | 7–3 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |
| 1983 | Butler | 9–1–1 | 5–0–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division II First Round |
| 1984 | Butler | 6–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |
| Butler: | Butler: | 84–65–2 | 55–28–1 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 84–65–2 | | | |
| National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||
