Announcement
Birthday: June 24
Coached at Cameron, San Marcos, Clear Creek, and Clear Lake
State Championship at San Marcos 1965
State Championship at Clear Lake 1989
District Record of 87.4% wins
18 seasons of 30+ wins
coached 39 years
HONORS
National High School Hall of Fame 1997
Texas High School Hall of Fame 1991
Clear Lake High School Hall of Fame 1991
Chosen National Coach of the Year
Texas High School Coach of the Year (twice)
District Outstanding Coach of the Year (29 times)
Outstanding Coach (Houston Metropolitan area) twice
Recognized in Sports Illustrated (twice)
Featured in Sports Illustrated - 1996 "Winningest Coach In The Nation"
Distinguished Alumni Award - Southwest Texas State University
Hall of Honor - Southwest Texas State University
Vice President of Senior Class - SWTSU 1957
Selected All School favorite - SWTSU - 1957
All Central Texas High School Selection (football one year, basketball three years)
Retired as the winningest coach in the nation (1096-250, 81.4% wins) in January 1996.
(See newspaper article on Field House deication on "General Information" Page).
As of November 2010 Bill Krueger is the sixth winningest coach in the USA behind:
1. Robert Hughes - Fort Worth Terrell and Dunbar; 1333-265 (83.4%) in 47 years
2. Morgan Wootten - DeMatha HS, Hyattsville, Maryland; 1274-192 (86.9%) in 46 years
3. Ralph Tasker - Sulphur Springs, Ohio, Lovington and Hobbs, New Mexico; 1122-291 (79.4%) in 57 years.
Four of the top 10 highest scoring teams in U.S. history played for Tasker.
4. Clyde Carlisle - Clarksville Texas, 1103-317 (40 years)
5. Sammie Koudelka - Moulton, Texas. 1101-381 (40 years)
6. Bill Krueger 1096-250; 39 years
Notice four of the top six most successful winning coaches in the nation are from Texas.
You can purchase the national record book at http://www.nfhs.org/content.aspx?id=3230
