"William Jay Bowerman"@en . . "1911Z"^^ . . . "1911-02-19Z"^^ . "1999Z"^^ . "1999-12-24Z"^^ . . "William Jay \"Bill\" Bowerman (February 19, 1911 \u2013 December 24, 1999) was an American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc. Over his career, he trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-Americans, 12 American record-holders, 22 NCAA champions and 16 sub-4 minute milers. During his 24 years as coach at the University of Oregon, the Ducks track and field team had a winning season every season but one, attained 4 NCAA titles, and finished in the top 10 in the nation 16 times."@en . . "Bill Bowerman"@en .