Bill Rychel
American football coach (born c. 1978)
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William Rychel (born c. 1978) is an American college football coach and athletic director. He is the athletic director for St. Thomas University, a position he has held since 2020.[1][2] He was the head football coach for Notre Dame College in 2015.[3][4] He also coached for Coe, Tri-State, Ohio Northern, and Savannah State.[5][6] He played college football for Mount Union as a guard.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | St. Thomas (FL) |
| Conference | TSC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1978 (age 47–48) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Mount Union (2001) Coe College (2004) |
| Playing career | |
| 1997–2000 | Mount Union |
| Position | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2001–2002 | Coe (GA) |
| 2003 | Coe (OL) |
| 2004–2005 | Tri-State (AHC/OC/OL) |
| 2006–2008 | Ohio Northern (co-OC) |
| 2009–2014 | Notre Dame (OH) (OC) |
| 2015 | Notre Dame (OH) |
| 2016–2018 | Savannah State (OC) |
| 2019–2025 | St. Thomas (FL) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2020–present | St. Thomas (FL) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 56–29 |
| Tournaments | 1–3 (NAIA playoffs) |
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA Coaches'# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame Falcons (Mountain East Conference) (2015) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Notre Dame | 5–6 | 5–5 | T–5th | |||||
| Notre Dame: | 5–6 | 5–5 | |||||||
| St. Thomas Bobcats (Mid-South Conference) (2019–2021) | |||||||||
| 2019 | St. Thomas | 4–6 | 2–4 | T–4th (Sun) | |||||
| 2020–21 | St. Thomas | 4–3 | 3–2 | 3rd (Sun) | |||||
| 2021 | St. Thomas | 9–2 | 4–2 | T–3rd (Sun) | |||||
| St. Thomas Bobcats (Sun Conference) (2022–2025) | |||||||||
| 2022 | St. Thomas | 9–2 | 5–1 | 2nd | 15 | ||||
| 2023 | St. Thomas | 9–4 | 6–1 | 2nd | L NAIA Second Round | 15 | |||
| 2024 | St. Thomas | 9–2 | 6–1 | 2nd | L NAIA Second Round | 5 | |||
| 2025 | St. Thomas | 7–4 | 5–2 | T–2nd | L NAIA First Round | ||||
| St. Thomas: | 51–23 | 31–13 | |||||||
| Total: | 56–29 | ||||||||
