Roy Bohler

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
1913–1916	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]