Ken Shroyer
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 1, 1898 Buckhannon, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | July 6, 1974 (aged 76) Beckley, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1922–1925 | Western Maryland |
| 1926–1927 | Franklin & Marshall |
| 1928–1932 | New River State |
| Football | |
| 1922–1923 | Western Maryland |
| 1926–1928 | Franklin & Marshall |
| 1928–1933 | New River State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 46–38–11 (college football) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 WVAC (1929) | |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
David Kenneth Shroyer (February 1, 1898 – July 6, 1974) was an American college football and college basketball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Western Maryland College (now known as McDaniel College) from 1922 to 1925, at Franklin & Marshall College from 1926 to 1927, and at New River State College (now known as West Virginia University Institute of Technology) from 1928 to 1932.
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]Franklin & Marshall
[edit | edit source]Schroyer was the head football coach at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He held that position for the 1926 and 1927 seasons. His coaching record at Franklin & Marshall was 1–15–2.
New River State
[edit | edit source]Shroyer was the head football coach at New River State College—now known as West Virginia University Institute of Technology—in Montgomery, West Virginia for five season, from 1928 to 1932, compiling a record of 24–9–5.[2]
Later life
[edit | edit source]Schroyer later became the president of Beckley College at Beckley, West Virginia. He retired from the school in 1967.[3] He died there in 1974 after a short illness.[4]
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]Football
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Maryland Green Terror (Independent) (1922–1925) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Western Maryland | 3–6–2 | |||||||
| 1923 | Western Maryland | 6–3–1 | |||||||
| 1924 | Western Maryland | 5–3–1 | |||||||
| 1925 | Western Maryland | 7–2 | |||||||
| Western Maryland: | 21–14–4 | ||||||||
| Franklin & Marshall (Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference / Central Pennsylvania Conference) (1926–1927) | |||||||||
| 1926 | Franklin & Marshall | 0–8–1 | 0–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1927 | Franklin & Marshall | 1–7–1 | 1–2 | 4th | |||||
| Franklin & Marshall: | 1–15–2 | 1–5–1 | |||||||
| New River State Golden Bears (West Virginia Athletic Conference) (1928–1933) | |||||||||
| 1928 | New River State | 5–1–1 | 5–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1929 | New River State | 6–1–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1930 | New River State | 5–2–1 | 3–1–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1931 | New River State | 5–2–1 | 1–0 | NA | |||||
| 1932 | New River State | 3–3–1 | 1–1 | NA | |||||
| New River State: | 24–9–5 | 15–2–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 46–38–11 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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External links
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- 1898 births
- 1974 deaths
- 20th-century American academics
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- Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football coaches
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