William T. Elias, Jr. is an American football coach. He is currently the assistant head coach, linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, a position he has held since the 2009 season. From 1999 to 2006, he was the head football coach at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he compiled a 31–51. Elias served as the athletic director at Gannon for three years before taking his current position at Miami. A 1977 graduate of University of Massachusetts Amherst, he is the son of former Virginia and Navy head coach Bill Elias. Head coaching record References External links Miami (OH) profile Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football coaches Eastern Michigan Eagles football coaches Gannon Golden Knights athletic directors Gannon Golden Knights football coaches LSU Tigers football coaches Miami RedHawks football coaches Vanderbilt Commodores football coaches Junior college football coaches in the United States University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni People from Bedford, Massachusetts People from West Lafayette, Indiana Sportspeople from Middlesex County, Massachusetts