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American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator

Stanley A. Boles
Biographical details
Born	(1887-07-25)July 25, 1887 Williamstown, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	December 4, 1961(1961-12-04) (aged 74) Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1913	Polytechnic (TX)
1914	TCU
1915	Trinity (TX)
1916	Kentucky (assistant)
1917	Kentucky
Basketball
1917–1918	Kentucky
Golf
1938–1946	Kentucky

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1915–1916	Trinity (TX)
1917–1933	Kentucky

Head coaching record
Overall	11–17–7 (football) 9–2–1 (basketball)

Stanley Atwood "Daddy" Boles (July 25, 1887 – December 4, 1961) was an American college football and college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He was the athletic director at the University of Kentucky from 1917 through 1933. He also served as head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats football and Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball teams for one season each. He was responsible for hiring legendary men's basketball coach Adolph Rupp at Kentucky.

Biography

Boles was born on July 25, 1887, in Williamstown, Kentucky. He graduated from Kentucky Wesleyan College, earned a master's degree from Vanderbilt University in 1911, and also studied at the University of Virginia.

Boles served as the head football coach at Polytechnic College—now known as Texas Wesleyan University—in Fort Worth, Texas, for one season, in 1913, leading his team to a record of 2–2–4. Boles was the head football coach at Texas Christian University (TCU) in 1914 and then at Trinity University in Waxahachie, Texas, in 1915.

In 1916, Boles was hired by the University of Kentucky to assist athletic director John J. Tigert with coaching. He was he head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats football team in 1917, compiling a 3–5–1 record He also served as Kentucky's basketball coach in 1917–18, tallying a mark of 9–2–1 record. The rare basketball tie, against Kentucky Wesleyan, was because of a scorer's error that was not discovered until after the game had ended and both teams had departed.

Boles was found dead at his home, in Lexington, Kentucky, on December 4, 1961. His brother, Ewing T. Boles, was a noted businessman and philanthropist.

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference
Polytechnic (Independent) (1913)
1913	Polytechnic	2–2–4
Polytechnic:		2–2–4
TCU (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1914)
1914	TCU	4–4–2	2–2
TCU:		4–4–2	2–2
Trinity Tigers (Independent) (1915)
1915	Trinity	2–6
Trinity:		2–6
Kentucky Wildcats (Independent) (1917)
1917	Kentucky	3–5–1
Kentucky:		3–5–1
Total:		11–17–7

Basketball

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall
Kentucky Wildcats (Independent) (1917–1918)
1917–18	Kentucky	9–2–1
Kentucky:		9–2–1
Total:		9–2–1

References

"Boles Is Named As Football Coach". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. May 25, 1913. p. 19. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
Ruggles, W. B. (November 30, 1913). "A Review Of The 1913 Football Season". Houston Post. Houston, Texas. p. 18. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
Kike (February 15, 1914). "Gumm and Boles Join Hands With T. C. U. Athletic Forces". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth. p. 17. Retrieved August 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
"Boles To Direct Athletic Teams At Trinity University". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth. June 24, 1915. p. 12. Retrieved August 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
"'Daddy' Boles Found Dead; Was Athletic Director At UK". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. Associated Press. December 5, 1961. p. 32. Retrieved May 22, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .

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