Bill Spicer, who won three New York state championships in seven years at Onondaga Central Schools, has been named the offensive line coach at Hamilton College.
Spicer was hired recently by first-year head coach Steve Stetson. Stetson joined Hamilton for the second time in his coaching career in December of 2005.
Spicer's career record at Onondaga was 67-8 from 1999 to 2005. He won Class D state titles in 2001 and 2003, and a Class C crown in 2002. His teams won a Section III record 43 straight games. Spicer is a three-time state coach of the year and a 2003 recipient of the President Gerald R. Ford All-American Football Coach Award.
Spicer was the program's assistant coach in 1998. He has also coached wrestling, track and field and softball during his Onondaga career. Prior to moving back to central New York, Spicer was an assistant varsity football coach at Woodmont High School in Greenville, South Carolina.
Spicer graduated from Chittenango High School and then went on to earn a bachelor's degree in physical education from SUNY Cortland in 1994. He played varsity football at Cortland in 1992 and 1993. Spicer received a masters degree in physical education and health from Cortland in 1999. He was an assistant varsity football coach and the head junior varsity coach at Cortland in 1995.
Posted April 18, 2006
