Roy Engle
Roy Winfield Engle (November 25, 1917 – July 7, 2005) was an American football and baseball player and coach. After completing a college football career at the University of Southern California (USC), he served as the head football coach at Santa Barbara College of the University of California—now known as the University of California, Santa Barbara—from 1949 to 1951, compiling a record of 14–14.[1] He was also the head baseball coach at Santa Barbara from 1952 to 1952, tallying a mark of 30–25.
 Engle at USC c. 1948 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 25, 1917 Sheldon, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | July 7, 2005 (aged 87) Rancho Bernardo, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1936–1939 | USC |
| 1943 | Saint Mary's Pre-Flight |
| Baseball | |
| 1940 | Tulsa Oilers |
| 1940 | Tyler Trojans |
| Position(s) | Fullback (football) Catcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1945 | Olathe NAS |
| 1947–1948 | USC (RB) |
| 1949–1951 | Santa Barbara |
| Baseball | |
| 1942 | Hoover HS (CA) |
| 1952–1953 | Santa Barbara |
| 1953–1960 | Hoover HS (CA) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 17–16 (college football) 30–25 (college baseball) |
Engle also spent a summer in the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns minor league program.[2]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olathe Naval Air Station Clippers (Independent) (1945) | |||||||||
| 1945 | Olathe MAS | 3–2 | |||||||
| Olathe MAS: | 3–2 | ||||||||
| Santa Barbara Gauchos (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1949–1951) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Santa Barbara | 2–7 | 1–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1950 | Santa Barbara | 7–3 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1951 | Santa Barbara | 5–4 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| Santa Barbara: | 14–14 | 5–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 17–16 | ||||||||
References
- "Roy Engle". San Diego Tribune. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- "Roy Engle". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
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