Bill Quayle

William Quayle (born April 8, 1940) is a former American university sports administrator and professor. Quayle worked as athletic director for Emporia State University, an NCAA Division II sports program in Emporia, Kansas.

Career Quayle began as an admissions counselor at Central College in Iowa in 1963, and then became the assistant director of admissions at Augustana College in Illinois in 1965. In 1968, he left for Phillips University in Oklahoma to become an associate professor, associate athletics director, and tennis coach. In 1979, Quayle accepted the position to become athletics director at Emporia State University. The biggest project Quayle was head of was Emporia State's transition from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to National Collegiate Athletic Association. With that move, he helped Emporia State transition form the Central States Intercollegiate Conference to Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. Quayle retired in 1999, the same year he was inducted into the Emporia State Athletics Hall of Honor.

Later career From 2001 to 2002, Quayle served as the interim athletic director for Colorado State University–Pueblo.