Английская Википедия:Doyle Royal
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Doyle P. Royal (January 29, 1919 – September 29, 2020) was an American 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] Royal served in the United States Army during World War II.[2]
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.[3] He led Maryland to the 1968 National Championship, where they tied Michigan State, 2–2, to share the national title.[4] 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.[5]
He was also the school's men's tennis head coach.[6] 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 to Burton Shipley, who amassed 610 wins in basketball and baseball.[1] Royal was also an assistant dean of men at the university.[7]
The University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame inducted Royal in 1988.[8] In 1997, he was residing in Bethesda, Maryland.[9]
Later life and death
In 2019, Doyle celebrated his 100th birthday in Bethesda, Maryland at the Edgemoor Club. There he was presented with a 1968 men's soccer championship ring by Sascho Cirovski, the current head coach of Maryland soccer.[10]
Royal died in September 2020 of natural causes at the age of 101.[11]
References
Шаблон:Maryland Terrapins men's soccer navbox Шаблон:MarylandSoccerCoach
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 David Ungrady, Tales From The Maryland Terrapins, pp. 99–100, Sports Publishing LLC, 2003, Шаблон:ISBN.
- ↑ Hall of Valor-Doyle P. Royal
- ↑ Coaching History Шаблон:Webarchive, University of Maryland, retrieved June 4, 2011.
- ↑ 1968 National Champions Шаблон:Webarchive, University of Maryland, retrieved June 4, 2011.
- ↑ 2009 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Soccer Шаблон:Webarchive (PDF), "ACC Men’s Soccer Annual Champions", p. 51, Atlantic Coast Conference, 2009.
- ↑ ACC MEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS Шаблон:Webarchive, Atlantic Coast Conference, retrieved June 4, 2011.
- ↑ The Terrapin, p. 103, University of Maryland, 1959.
- ↑ Wall of Fame Шаблон:Webarchive, University of Maryland, retrieved June 4, 2011.
- ↑ Tennis seniors rely on smarts, not speed Шаблон:Webarchive, The Baltimore Sun, March 21, 1997.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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