Bill Ward joined St. Mary's sailing in the fall of 2006 as the assistant varsity sailing coach.  Since then, Ward's official title has been changed to Director of Sailing Activities.

In 10 years of collegiate coaching, Ward's teams have won five national championships.  This summer, he coached Team USA at Beijing Olympic Games.

In 2008, Ward was named the National Coach-of-the-Year by the U.S. Sailing's Olympic Sailing Committee.  He was also on the coaching staff of the U.S. Sailing Team for the 2007 Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Ward served as the team leader/head coach for the U.S. Inter Collegiate Sailing Association Team competing in the BUSA Tour in England and Ireland in 2005.

He graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1996, where he was a two-time All-America honorable mention and team captain.  Ward led Georgetown to the program's first-ever appearances at the ICSA Dinghy and Sloop National Championships.