Phil Utley | |
Birth Date: | 23 October 1889 |
Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1909–1912 |
Player Team2: | Wake Forest |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1909–1913 |
Player Team4: | Wake Forest |
Player Sport5: | Baseball |
Player Years6: | 1910–1913 |
Player Team6: | Wake Forest |
Player Years7: | 1913–1914 |
Player Team7: | Rome Romans |
Player Positions: | Quarterback, end (football) Guard (basketball) First baseman (baseball) Hurder, shot putter (track) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1913 |
Coach Team2: | Carson–Newman |
Coach Years3: | 1921 |
Coach Team3: | Lenoir |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Years5: | 1921–1922 |
Coach Team5: | Lenoir |
Coach Years6: | 1922–1923 |
Coach Team6: | Wake Forest |
Coach Sport7: | Baseball |
Coach Years8: | 1922 |
Coach Team8: | Lenoir |
Coach Years9: | 1923 |
Coach Team9: | Wake Forest |
Admin Years1: | 1922–1923 |
Admin Team1: | Wake Forest |
Overall Record: | 9–5 (football) 20–17 (basketball) 18–17 (baseball) |
Philemon M. Utley (October 23, 1889 – June 16, 1950) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Carson–Newman University in 1913 and Lenoir College—now known as Lenoir–Rhyne University—in 1921, compiling a career college football coaching record of 9–5. He coached the Wake Forest University men's basketball team in 1922–23 and the Demon Deacons baseball team in 1923.[2] [3] Utley also coached track at Wake Forest and served as the school athletic director in 1922–23.
A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, Utley attended Wake Forest from 1909 to 1913, where he played football as a quarterback and end, basketball as a guard, and baseball as a first baseman. He was also a hurdler and shot putter in track. Utley died unexpectedly on June 16, 1950, in Los Angeles, California.[4]