Washington & Jefferson College Athletics

Bill Dukett began his career at W&J in 1982 where he served as the associate head coach for the Presidents’ football team.  As a member of the coaching staff, Dukett helped lead W&J to a record of 137-37-2, including 14 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships and two appearances in the NCAA Division III National Championship Game.  Eleven of the conference championships were won consecutively, including the 1992 and 1994 seasons during which W&J was awarded the Lambert Trophy as the best college football team on the east coast. 

Dukett also served as the head track and field coach from 1982–1992 and the head men’s and women’s golf coach from 1992–2003.  In golf, Dukett’s teams claimed six PAC titles and he was honored as the PAC Coach of the Year six times.  In 1998, Dukett recruited for and started the first women’s golf team in school history.

Dukett also spent four years as the assistant director of alumni relations where he organized and staffed alumni events nationwide.  In 2002, Dukett became a major gift officer in the development office, serving as the lead gift officer and advocate in the funding of Ross Memorial Park and Alexandre Stadium, which are the homes of the Presidents’ men’s and women’s soccer, baseball and lacrosse teams.

In 2006, Bill Dukett was named as the Director of Athletics and he served in that role for seven years before retirement.  Dukett helped add the Ross Locker Rooms facility in 2009 which provide laundry, athletic training and locker room support at Ross Memorial Park and Alexandre Stadium.  Dukett also helped lead the initial plans for the James David Ross Family Recreation Center and implemented renovations at Cameron Stadium, including a 2008 turf replacement project. 

Prior to his arrival at Washington & Jefferson College, Dukett spent time as the head football coach at Parkland High School (1978– 1982) and Palmerton High School (1975–1978). At Parkland, he also chaired the health and physical education department. From 1970–1975, Dukett assisted with the football and basketball programs at Phillipsburg High School in New Jersey. At East Stroudsburg, Dukett was a three-time Honorable Mention All-America quarterback and was inducted into the Warrior Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985.  In 1969, he was chosen as the ECAC Player of the Year. 

Dukett and his wife, Shirley, have two adult children Stacy Hawkins ’93 and B.J.