William E. McGovern was an American college and professional football coach. A defensive coach for almost 40 years, his longest stint was with Boston College, serving 13 years from 2000 to 2012 as their linebackers coach and later as defensive coordinator.

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Bill McGovern dies at 60: Cancer forced college and NFL veteran to miss the end of last season. Longtime former college football and NFL assistant Bill McGovern died Tuesday following a battle with cancer, UCLA announced.

McGovern began his coaching career at Pennsylvania as a fresh human coach in 1985. The following year, he returned to his alma mater after his former coach Rick Carter asked him to join his staff, but Carter died by suicide before the season.

McGovern served at Holy Cross from 1986 to 1987 and 1991 to 1992 as assistant defensive backs coach and defensive backs coach, respectively. He was at Massachusetts from 1988 to 1990 as defensive backs coach and 1993 as defensive coordinator.

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