Bill Kajikawa


William Masao Kajikawa was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Arizona State University from 1949 to 1957, compiling a record of 88–131, and the school's head baseball coach from 1946 to 1952, tallying a mark of 57–70. Kajikawa was also an assistant and freshmen football coach at Arizona State between 1937 and 1978.
Kajikawa attended Phoenix Union High School and played college football at [1935 Arizona State Bulldogs American football|football team|Arizona State]. During World War II Kajikawa was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Kajikawa died on February 12, 2010. The football practice field on the Arizona State Tempe campus is named after him.