William A. Reid was an American basketball coach and administrator. As a high school player he led his team to a state title and then played in two sports in Colgate University

Colgate University

Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...

. He returned to Colgate as a basketball coach and coached the team from 1919 to 1928 with a record of 135-52. Beginning in 1936, he served as Colgate's director of athletics for 20 years. He was a president of ECAC

Eastern College Athletic Conference

The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 21 sports . It has 317 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location from Maine to North Carolina and west to Illinois...

 from 1944 to 1945 and vice-president of the NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 from 1942 to 1946. He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame

Basketball Hall of Fame

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, honors exceptional basketball players, coaches, referees, executives, and other major contributors to the game of basketball worldwide...

in 1963.

External links

• Basketball Hall of Fame page on Reid