Stanley Atwood "Daddy" Boles (July 25, 1887 – December 4, 1961) was an American football and basketball coach and college 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 Kentucky Wesleyan College (KWC) is a private Methodist college in Owensboro, Kentucky. The college is known for its liberal arts programs. Fall 2018 enrollment was 830 students. History Kentucky Wesleyan College was founded in 1858 by the Ken ...

, 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

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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 Kentucky Wesleyan College (KWC) is a private Methodist college in Owensboro, Kentucky. The college is known for its liberal arts programs. Fall 2018 enrollment was 830 students. History Kentucky Wesleyan College was founded in 1858 by the Kent ...

, 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

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, on December 4, 1961. His brother,

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, was a noted businessman and philanthropist.

Head coaching record

Football

Basketball

References

External links

basketball stats at BigBlueHistory.com
* 1887 births 1961 deaths Kentucky Wildcats athletic directors Kentucky Wildcats football coaches Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball coaches TCU Horned Frogs football coaches Texas Wesleyan Rams football coaches Trinity Tigers athletic directors Trinity Tigers football coaches College golf coaches in the United States Kentucky Wesleyan College alumni Vanderbilt University alumni People from Williamstown, Kentucky Sportspeople from the Cincinnati metropolitan area Coaches of American football from Kentucky Basketball coaches from Kentucky {{1910s-collegefootball-coach-stub