Bill Burgess (American football)

Bill Burgess (January 26, 1941 – December 13, 2023) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, for 12 seasons, from 1985 until 1996, compiling a record of 84–49–4. In 1992, he led his team to a national title, winning the NCAA Division II Football Championship.

A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Burgess played fullback in college for the Auburn Tigers and earned an athletic letter for the 1962 season under head coach Ralph Jordan. In 2011, he was inducted into the Division II Hall of Fame. In 2019, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. He was the father of Rick and Greg Burgess from the nationally syndicated Rick and Bubba radio show.

Burgess died in Birmingham, Alabama on December 13, 2023, at the age of 82.