Skip Stahley

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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 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 University, 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 the University of 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 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.

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The University of Idaho Magazine, Oct-1992, Vol.10, No.4, p.20.

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