Coach Bill Yeoman, a 44 year Sugar Land resident and American college football player and coach, propelled the University of Houston into the top tier of college football beginning in 1962 as the Houston Cougars' head coach, holding the position for 25 years.
Coach Yeoman played a prominent role in the integration of collegiate athletics, being the first coach at a predominantly white school in the State of Texas to sign a black player, Warren McVea, and became the winningest coach in Cougar history with an overall record of 160–108–8, and revolutionized offensives by developing the Veer Option Offense; the Cougars ranked in the Associated Press Top 10 four times and finished 11 times in the United Press International Top 20; he coached 46 All-Americans and 69 players who later competed in the National Football League during his career.
Coach Yeoman passed away on August 12, 2020, at aged 92. In his honor, October 20, 2020, will be posthumously be declared as "Coach Bill Yeoman Day" in Sugar Land.