Doyle Royal

Doyle Royal
Royal at Maryland in 1949
Sport(s) Soccer, tennis
Biographical details
Born 1919 (age 92–93)
Place of birth Washington, D.C.
Playing career
1939–1943 Maryland
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Soccer
1946–1973

Tennis
1954–1980
Maryland


Maryland
Head coaching record
Overall 217–58–18 (soccer)
296–114–1 (tennis)
Tournaments 12–12–1 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Soccer:
1 NCAA Championship (1968)
17 ACC Championships (1953–1968, 1971)
3 Southern Conference Championships
Tennis:
2 ACC Championships (1957, 1964)

Doyle P. Royal (born 1919) is an American former collegiate soccer and tennis coach. He coached the University of Maryland soccer team from 1946 to 1973, and the tennis team from 1954 to 1980.

Early life

Royal was a native of Washington, D.C. from a poor family. In 1939, the University of Maryland tennis head coach, Lesley Bopst, offered him a job and room to enroll at the college. At Maryland, he played both tennis and soccer.[1]

Coaching career

He became Maryland's first men's soccer head coach in 1946 and served in that position until 1973. In 28 years, the coach compiled a 217–58–18 (.771) record, including a 94–12–6 (.866) mark against Atlantic Coast Conference competition. His winning percentage ranks No. 1 all time among Maryland head coaches, and his number of wins rank No. 2 all time.[2] He led Maryland to the 1968 National Championship, where they tied Michigan State, 2–2, to share the national title.[3] Under Royal, Maryland won 17 Atlantic Coast Conference championships, including 16 outright. The Terrapins captured the conference title each year from 1953 to 1968, sharing the honors with North Carolina in 1966, and added another outright title in 1971.[4]

He was also the school's men's tennis head coach.[5] Royal served as the Maryland tennis from 1954 to 1980 and teams compiled a 296–114–1 record. His combined 513 wins with two different Maryland sports ranks second only to Burton Shipley, who amassed 610 wins in basketball and baseball.[1] Royal was also an assistant dean of men at the university.[6]

The University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame inducted Royal in 1988.[7] In 1997, he was residing in Bethesda, Maryland.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b David Ungrady, Tales From The Maryland Terrapins, pp. 99–100, Sports Publishing LLC, 2003, ISBN 1582616884.
  2. ^ Coaching History, University of Maryland, retrieved June 4, 2011.
  3. ^ 1968 National Champions, University of Maryland, retrieved June 4, 2011.
  4. ^ 2009 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Soccer (PDF), "ACC Men’s Soccer Annual Champions", p. 51, Atlantic Coast Conference, 2009.
  5. ^ ACC MEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS, Atlantic Coast Conference, retrieved June 4, 2011.
  6. ^ The Terrapin, p. 103, University of Maryland, 1959.
  7. ^ Wall of Fame, University of Maryland, retrieved June 4, 2011.
  8. ^ Tennis seniors rely on smarts, not speed, The Baltimore Sun, March 21, 1997.