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]

Roy Bohler
Bohler from the 1960 Record
Playing career
Football
1913–1916Washington State
Basketball
1913–1917Washington State
Baseball
1914–1917Washington State
Position(s)Center (basketball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1921–1922Willamette
1926–1927Beloit
1938Chico State
1939UC Santa Barbara (assistant)
1940–1949Chico State
Basketball
1926–1929Beloit
1945–1946Humboldt State
Baseball
1947–1963Chico State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1926–1929Beloit
Head coaching record
Overall29–57–6 (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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Football

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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

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  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Mens Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "National Champions; National Heroes". WSUCougars.com. Washington State University. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  3. ^ "Football Archives". WUBearcats.com. Willamette University. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "Roy Bohler Quits as Beloit Coach". Appleton Post-Crescent. March 18, 1929. p. 13. Retrieved January 14, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  5. ^ a b "Chico State Baseball Coaching Records" (PDF). ChicoWildcats.com. Chico State University. Retrieved January 14, 2017.