Roy Bohler (December 14, 1893 – February 21, 1978) was an American college athletics coach and

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. He also had a standout college basketball career as a player, earning

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status in

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. While playing for

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, Bohler – a 5'11"

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– led the Cougars to an NCAA national championship in 1916–17 while playing under head coach

Fred Bohler John Frederick Bohler (April 14, 1885 – July 12, 1960) was an American athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at the State College of Washington in Pullman, now Washington State University ...

, his older brother. Bohler coached college football, basketball, and baseball. His football stints include being the head coach at Willamette, Beloit, and

Chico State California State University, Chico (Chico State) is a public university in Chico, California. It was founded in 1887 as one of about 180 "normal schools" founded by state governments in the 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing ...

. 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. 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

, a position he held for 17 seasons. Chico State has since named their baseball field "Roy Bohler Field". In his 17 years as Chico State's coach, he led them to seven conference championships. Bohler was born on December 14, 1893, in

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, to John and Susan Bohler. He grew up in

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. Bohler died on February 21, 1978, at a hospital in

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Head coaching record

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