Roy Bohler was a college athletics coach and athletic director. He also had a standout college basketball career as a player, earning All-American status in 1916. While playing for Washington State, Bohler – a 5'11" center – led the Cougars to an NCAA national championship in 1916–17 while playing under head coach Fred Bohler, his older brother.[1][2]
 Bohler from the 1960 Record | |
| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| Football | |
| 1913–1916 | Washington State |
| Basketball | |
| 1913–1917 | Washington State |
| Baseball | |
| 1914–1917 | Washington State |
| Position(s) | Center (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1921–1922 | Willamette |
| 1926–1927 | Beloit |
| 1938 | Chico State |
| 1939 | UC Santa Barbara (assistant) |
| 1940–1949 | Chico State |
| Basketball | |
| 1926–1929 | Beloit |
| 1945–1946 | Humboldt State |
| Baseball | |
| 1947–1963 | Chico State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1926–1929 | Beloit |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 29–57–6 (football) 12–45 (basketball) 245–167–1 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football Far Western (1948) | |
| Awards | |
| Basketball Helms All-American (1916) First-team All-PCC (1917) | |
Bohler coached college football, basketball, and baseball. His football stints include being the head coach at Willamette, Beloit, and Chico State.[3] While at Beloit he also served as the school's athletic director. He resigned in March 1929 because he disagreed with providing student-athletes with scholarship money, an opinion that began gaining support among Beloit's officials during his time as athletic director.[4] In basketball, Bohler coached at Beloit as well as for Humboldt State. His longest tenure for any team, however, was as the head baseball coach for Chico State, a position he held for 17 seasons. Chico State has since named their baseball field "Roy Bohler Field".[5] In his 17 years as Chico State's coach, he led them to seven conference championships.[5]
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette Bearcats (Independent) (1921–1922) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Willamette | 1–5 | |||||||
| 1922 | Willamette | 3–4 | |||||||
| Willamette: | 4–9 | ||||||||
| Beloit Blue Devils (Midwest Conference) (1926–1927) | |||||||||
| 1926 | Beloit | 0–7 | 0–6 | 9th | |||||
| 1927 | Beloit | 1–6–1 | 0–6 | 9th | |||||
| Willamette: | 1–13–1 | 0–12 | |||||||
| Chico State Wildcats (Far Western Conference) (1938) | |||||||||
| 1938 | Chico State | 2–5–1 | 0–2–1 | T–4th | |||||
| Chico State Wildcats (Far Western Conference) (1940–1949) | |||||||||
| 1940 | Chico State | 3–3–1 | 1–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1941 | Chico State | 1–5–2 | 1–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1942 | Chico State | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1944 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1945 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1946 | Chico State | 2–7 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1947 | Chico State | 4–5 | 1–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1948 | Chico State | 5–3 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1949 | Chico State | 2–6–1 | 1–2–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| Chico State: | 24–35–5 | 9–14–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 29–57–6 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ "National Champions; National Heroes". WSUCougars.com. Washington State University. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ "Football Archives". WUBearcats.com. Willamette University. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ "Roy Bohler Quits as Beloit Coach". Appleton Post-Crescent. March 18, 1929. p. 13. Retrieved January 14, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Chico State Baseball Coaching Records" (PDF). ChicoWildcats.com. Chico State University. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
