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Bill Libby arrived to Abilene in 1991 and served as the associate pastor at St. Paul United Methodist Church. With that affiliation he became involved with McMurry University where he accepted full-time employment in 1996 as a professor in the religious life department.
In addition, he began the McMurry Cross Country club team in 1995, and it became a school-sponsored sport in 1996. Libby initially funded the program, in its entirety, for the first five years. In addition to the financial support he provided, McMurry won the American Southwest Conference titles in 1999 and 2000. He stepped down as head coach following the 2002 season and returned to teaching. However, he began an endowment for the McMurry cross country program to ensure its stability.
Libby served as McMurry’s athletic director from 2006 – 2008 and ran the athletic department’s CHAMPS Life Skills program.
Libby was in the active military from 1961-1990 as a chaplain and retired as Colonel. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1958 with a degree in English and history and received additional degrees from Drew University, Kansas State and the National War College. Libby has three children and four grandsons and resides
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