Roy Winfield Engle (November 25, 1917 – July 7, 2005) was an

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and

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player and coach. After completing a

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career at the

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(USC), he served as the head football coach at Santa Barbara College of the University of California—now known as the

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—from 1949 to 1951, compiling a record of 14–14. He was also the head baseball coach at Santa Barbara from 1952 to 1952, tallying a mark of 30–25. Engle also spent a summer in the

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and

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minor league program.

Head coaching record

College football

References

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