 In addition to the WHA Stingers, Bill Gilligan played for Brown University (NCAA), Hampton Gulls (AHL), Vienna EV and Klagenfurt AC in Austria and EHC Chur in Switzerland.He was also a member of Team USA in the 1978 and 1983 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments.He first became coach in 1984 in Klagenfurt, Austria, where he won 4 Championships in a row right away.