| Skip Stahley | ||
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| Born | September 22, 1908 | |
| Place of birth | Lebanon, Pennsylvania United States |
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| Died | July 20, 1992 (aged 83) | |
| Place of death | Portland, Oregon | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 56-85-3 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1928-30 | Penn State | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1931-33 1934 1935-40 1941-43 1946-47 1948-49 195x 195x 1954-61 |
Western Maryland - ass't Delaware Harvard - ass't Brown George Washington Toledo Washington - ass't Chicago Cardinals - ass't Idaho |
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J. Neil "Skip" Stahley (September 22, 1908 – July 20, 1992) was a college football coach and athletic director. In sixteen seasons, his overall record as a head coach was 56-85-3 (.399).[1]
Stahley was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and was a 1931 graduate of Penn State, where he majored in English and played football, earning honorable mention All-American honors. A three-sport letterman, Stahley also captained the basketball and lacrosse teams.
He began his coaching career in 1931 as an assistant at Western Maryland. In 1934, he became the head coach at Delaware, and compiled a 4-3-1 record, then moved on to Harvard as an assistant. From 1941-43, he was the head coach at Brown, and compiled a 14-11 record. From 1946-47, he coached George Washington College to a 5-10-1 record. Stahley coached at Toledo from 1948-49, and compiled a 11-10 record, then was an assistant at Washington. He was also an assistant coach in the NFL with the Chicago Cardinals.
From 1954-61, Skip Stahley was the head coach at Idaho, and compiled a 22-51-1 (.304) record.[2] During his eight seasons with the Vandals, he coached future NFL notables Jerry Kramer and Wayne Walker, and AFL all-star Jim Norton.
From 1960-64, Stahley served as the athletic director at Idaho, then moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1964 to become the director of athletics at Portland State, where he served until retiring in 1972. He is a member of the University of Idaho Hall of Fame, the Western Pennsylvania Hall of Fame, and the National Association of Collegiate athletic directors Hall of Fame.[3]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Delaware Fighting Blue Hens (Independent) (1934–34) | |||||||||
| 1934 | Delaware | 4-3-1 | |||||||
| Delaware: | 4-3-1 | ||||||||
| Brown Bears (Independent) (1941–43) | |||||||||
| 1941 | Brown | 5-4 | |||||||
| 1942 | Brown | 4-4 | |||||||
| 1943 | Brown | 5-3 | |||||||
| Brown: | 14-11 | ||||||||
| George Washington Colonials (Southern Conference) (1946–47) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Geo. Wash. | 4-3 | |||||||
| 1947 | Geo. Wash. | 1-7-1 | |||||||
| Geo. Washington: | 5-10-1 | ||||||||
| Toledo Rockets (Independent) (1948–49) | |||||||||
| 1948 | Toledo | 5-6 | |||||||
| 1949 | Toledo | 6-4 | |||||||
| Toledo: | 11-10 | ||||||||
| Idaho Vandals (Pacific Coast Conference) (1954–58) | |||||||||
| 1954 | Idaho | 4-5 | 1-2 | ||||||
| 1955 | Idaho | 2-7 | 0-4 | ||||||
| 1956 | Idaho | 4-5 | 0-4 | ||||||
| 1957 | Idaho | 4-4-1 | 0-3 | ||||||
| 1958 | Idaho | 4-5 | 0-3 | ||||||
| Idaho - (PCC): | 18–26-1 | 1-16 | |||||||
| Idaho Vandals (Independent) (1959–61) | |||||||||
| 1959 | Idaho | 1-9 | |||||||
| 1960 | Idaho | 1-9 | |||||||
| 1961 | Idaho | 2-7 | |||||||
| Idaho - Indep.: | 4-25 | ||||||||
| Idaho: | 22–51-1 | 1-16 | |||||||
| Total: | 56-85-3 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. | |||||||||
References
- ^ CFB Data Warehouse - Skip Stahley - accessed 2009-10-03
- ^ [1]
- ^ The University of Idaho Magazine, Oct-1992, Vol.10, No.4, p.20.
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