W. H. Lillard
[2][3] The Dartmouth wrote that "Lillard, though an exceedingly light man for college football, was enabled to hold an end position on several of the strongest teams ever representing the Green.[7] His appointment was praised by the Andover faculty which blamed the professional coaches for "illegal recruiting, and the commercialism which had crept into college athletics, particularly football.[8] In December 1908, the Dartmouth athletic council selected the football staff which consisted of four graduates: W. J. Randall (1896), Leigh Turner (1901), and Joseph T. Gilman (1905), and Lillard, who was chosen as the head coach.[6] Lillard took a leave of absence from Andover to attend graduate school at Oxford University in England[7] and then to coach at Dartmouth during the 1909 football season."[12] Lillard went on to praise the widespread participation in sports at English universities, and said virtually all of their students competed in rugby, soccer, lacrosse, or rowing.