William Ernest " Bill " Walsh ( November 30, 1931 – July 30, 2007 ) was the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and the Stanford Cardinal football team, during which time he popularized the West Coast offense.

When Brown retired as head coach following the 1975 season and appointed Bill " Tiger " Johnson as his successor, Walsh resigned and served as an assistant coach for Tommy Prothro with the San Diego Chargers in 1976.

Many former and current NFL head coaches trace their lineage back to Bill Walsh on his coaching tree, shown below.

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The West Coast Offense, is the popular name for the high-percentage passing scheme designed by former Bengals assistant Bill Walsh.

* What's in a nAME ( cq )?, by Bill Walsh, at The Slot

Nine years later the two teams met at The Stick again in the NFC Championship Game ; in their third season together 49ers coach Bill Walsh and quarterback Joe Montana authored a history-making moment on Montana's last-minute touchdown to Dwight Clark and a 28-27 San Francisco win.

Being busy with these projects and others, Disney turned The Mickey Mouse Club over to Bill Walsh to create and develop the format, initially aided by Hal Adelquist.

Roy suggested the Mickey Mouse ears worn by the cast members, which he helped create, along with Chuck Keehne, Hal Adelquist, and Bill Walsh.

* 1913 – Bill Walsh, American screenwriter and producer ( d. 1975 )

The play Cooper scored on had not been called by Bill Walsh for 2 years.

Wilson's reception was a play Bill Walsh specifically designed for the Super Bowl that capitalized on the Bengals ' doing a long-run coverage on Wilson anytime he ran a pass route over 20 yards ; Wilson simply ran 25 yards straight out and then cut back to receive Montana's precision pass.

Bill Walsh switched to a 4-1-6 ( or dime defense ) to slow down Miami's passing attack, with Keena Turner as the sole linebacker.

The 49ers under rookie head coach George Seifert, who took over after Bill Walsh retired after the previous season's Super Bowl, finished the 1989 regular season with a league best 14-2 record.

Bill Walsh retired as head coach after San Francisco's 20 – 16 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in the previous year's Super Bowl XXIII but rookie head coach George Seifert did not miss a beat as he guided the 49ers to a league best 14 – 2 regular season record.

Among leading language-usage commentators, Garner's Modern American Usage acknowledges that " website " is the standard form, but Bill Walsh, of The Washington Post, argues for using " Web site " in his books and on his website ( however, The Washington Post itself uses " website ").

* September 30 – Bill Walsh, American movie producer and writer ( d. 1975 )

Scripts were written by Ted Osborne ( 1934 – 49 ), Merrill De Maris ( 1934 – 42 ), Dick Shaw ( 1942 – 43 ), Bill Walsh ( 1943 – 64 ), Roy Williams ( 1964 ) and Del Connell ( 1968 – 82 ).

Starting in 1955, Gottfredson and writer Bill Walsh were instructed to drop the storylines and do only daily gags.

Eega Beeva was created by Bill Walsh and Floyd Gottfredson.

* Bill Walsh, American football coach

It was also the home of NFL Hall of Fame and former San Francisco 49ers head coach Bill Walsh, who died on July 30, 2007.

* Bill Walsh ( born 1927 ), center who played in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

* Bill Walsh, The Elephants of Style: A Trunkload of Tips on the Big Issues and Gray Areas of Contemporary American English ( 2004 )

William " Bill " Boyd Watterson II ( born July 5, 1958 ) is an American cartoonist and the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, which was syndicated from 1985 to 1995.

* 1951 – Bill Bryson, American author

* Bill Willingham ( born 1956 ), author of Fables graphic novels.

Other luminaries include Keith Johnstone, the British teacher and writer – author of Impro, who founded the Theatre Machine and whose teachings form the foundation of the popular shortform Theatresports format, Dick Chudnow, founder of ComedySportz which evolved its family-friendly show format from Johnstone's Theatersports, Stan Wells, creator of the " Clap-In " longform style and founder of The Empty Stage Comedy Theatre in Los Angeles, and Bill Johnson, creator / director of The Magic Meathands, who pioneered the concept of " Commun-edy Outreach " by tailoring performances to non-traditional audiences, such as the homeless and foster children.

He is hailed as the “ Father of the Constitution ” for being instrumental in the drafting of the United States Constitution and as the key champion and author of the United States Bill of Rights.

* 1937 – Bill Cosby, American comedian, actor, producer, and author

According to musician and author Albin Zak, the combination of the studio — engineered by Bill Porter, who experimented with close miking the doo-wop backup singers — production by Foster, and accompanying musicians, gave Orbison's music a " polished, professional sound ... finally allow ( ing ) Orbison's stylistic inclinations free rein ".

* 2012 – Bill King, English navy officer and author ( b. 1910 )

* 1964 – Bill Phillips, American author

* 1949 – Bill O ' Reilly, American television host and author

Played a key role in the writing of the United States Constitution and providing a theoretical justification for it in his contributions to the Federalist Papers ; author of the American Bill of Rights.

* Prof. Bill Manhire, author, poet

** Bill Bryson, American-born British author

She has one sister, author Jackie Collins, and one brother, Bill Collins.

Michael Noer, the author of this article limited his estimate in order to keep Smaug's net value in line with living factual characters, notably Bill Gates and Carlos Slim.

As author Bill Tilman recounts, " wrote long after in a letter to The Times: The whole story seemed such a joyous creation I sent it to one or two newspapers '".

Bill Cotton in an interview with author Graham McCann on 6 June 2000 said that the then director of BBC Comedy, Michael Mills, prompted by the plays of Plautus, came up with the idea for the show for Frankie Howerd.

* Bill Smith ( fell runner ) ( 1936 – 2011 ), fell runner and author on the sport

As of 2009, notable residents living in or close to Wymondham include / have included George Szirtes, poet ; Oliver Winterbottom, car designer ; Simon Beaufoy, writer of the films ' The Full Monty ' and ' Slumdog Millionaire '; Bill Bryson, humorist, author and travel writer ; Justin Hawkins, singer with The Darkness ; and the late Edwin Gooch, MP and President of the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers.

* Bill Martin, Jr .-Children's book author

* Bill P. Keith, Texas author, lived in Mooringsport while he represented Caddo Parish in the Louisiana State Senate from 1980-1984.

* Bill Cosby, comedian, actor, and author

* Bill Perkins, author and naturalist

* Bill Loguidice ( born 1972 ), video game collector, producer, and technology book author.

* Bill Robinson ( 1918 – 2007 ), sailor and author about sailing.