Career
Detrick was a three-sport athlete in baseball, football, and basketball at Central Connecticut, becoming the first student in school history to earn 12 varsity letters. He returned to CCSU in 1959, as head coach where he remained until 1987. After a short stint as head coach at the United States Coast Guard Academy, Detrick went on to become head golf coach at Trinity College in Connecticut, where he remained for 23 years and was a three-time conference coach of the year.
At Trinity, the school honored Detrick in 2013 be renaming its annual golf tournament the Bill Detrick Invitational.
Detrick died on September 19, 2014 at the age of 87.