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Roy Engle

Engle at USC c. 1948
Biographical details
Born	(1917-11-25)November 25, 1917 Sheldon, Iowa, U.S.
Died	July 7, 2005(2005-07-07) (aged 87) Rancho Bernardo, California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1936–1939	USC
1943	Saint Mary's Pre-Flight
Baseball
1940	Tulsa Oilers
1940	Tyler Trojans
Positions	Fullback (football) Catcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1945	Olathe NAS
1947–1948	USC (RB)
1949–1951	Santa Barbara
Baseball
1942	Hoover HS (CA)
1952–1953	Santa Barbara
1953–1960	Hoover HS (CA)
Head coaching record
Overall	17–16 (college football) 30–25 (college baseball)

Roy Winfield Engle (November 25, 1917 – July 7, 2005) was an American football and baseball player and coach. After completing a college football career at the University of Southern California (USC), he served as the head football coach at Santa Barbara College of the University of California—now known as the University of California, Santa Barbara—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 Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns minor league program.

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Olathe Naval Air Station Clippers (Independent) (1945)
1945	Olathe MAS	3–2
Olathe MAS:		3–2
Santa Barbara Gauchos (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1949–1951)
1949	Santa Barbara	2–7	1–3	T–3rd
1950	Santa Barbara	7–3	3–1	2nd
1951	Santa Barbara	5–4	1–3	4th
Santa Barbara:		14–14	5–5
Total:		17–16

Personal life

His son, Dave Engle, played major league baseball for the Minnesota Twins.