Leon Burtnett’S (WSU Secondary Coach, 1971) Staff, Coaching Outside Linebackers (1983-85) and Tight Ends and Tackles (1986)
2003 OUTLLOK WSU COACHES PLAYER PROFILES WSU OPPONENTS 2002 IN REVIEW COUGAR HISTORY 45 COUGAR COACHING STAFF COUGAR COACHING STAFF BILL DOBA HEAD COACH Bill Doba became Washington 2003 OUTLOOK State’s 30th head football coach WILLIAM (BILL) A. DOBA December 18, 2002, after serv- BORN: September 7, 1940 (62), South Bend, Ind. ing as a Cougar assistant for 14 HOMETOWN: South Bend, Ind. years. During that time WSU won two Pacific-10 Conference HIGH SCHOOL: New Carlisle (New Carlisle, Ind.) High, 1958 - Competed in football, basketball, track and baseball...in the latter, championships and made four bowl appearances, includ- competed after track season finished...lettered in all four senior year ing two trips to the Rose Bowl. and in all but baseball as a junior. COLLEGE: Doba’s appointment is the culmination of 40 years in Ball State University, 1962 - Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in the coaching profession at the high school and collegiate physical education and a minor in mathematics. WSU COACHES level. Western Michigan University, 1969 - Completed work on master’s degree in physical education. “When you start coaching everybody wants to be a head COACHING EXPERIENCE: coach. When you start as a freshman coach in high Goshen (Goshen, Ind.) High, 1962-64 - Assistant football coach school, you would like to be an assistant. When you get for three seasons. Angola (Angola, Ind.) High, 1965-66 - Head football coach, assistant to that level, you’d like to be a head high school coach. basketball coach and math teacher. After you have been there a while you think it might Goshen (Goshen, Ind.) High, 1968-70 - Returned to Goshen, this be nice to be a college assistant.
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