| Roy Bohler | |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1913–1916 |
| Player Team2: | Washington State |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1913–1917 |
| Player Team4: | Washington State |
| Player Sport5: | Baseball |
| Player Years6: | 1914–1917 |
| Player Team6: | Washington State |
| Player Positions: | Center (basketball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1921–1922 |
| Coach Team2: | Willamette |
| Coach Years3: | 1926–1927 |
| Coach Team3: | Beloit |
| Coach Years4: | 1938 |
| Coach Team4: | Chico State |
| Coach Years5: | 1939 |
| Coach Team5: | UC Santa Barbara (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 1940–1949 |
| Coach Team6: | Chico State |
| Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
| Coach Years8: | 1926–1929 |
| Coach Team8: | Beloit |
| Coach Years9: | 1945–1946 |
| Coach Team9: | Humboldt State |
| Coach Sport10: | Baseball |
| Coach Years11: | 1947–1963 |
| Coach Team11: | Chico State |
| Admin Years1: | 1926–1929 |
| Admin Team1: | Beloit |
| Overall Record: | 29–57–6 (football) 12–45 (basketball) 245–167–1 (baseball) |
| Championships: | Football Far Western (1948) |
| Awards: | Basketball Helms All-American (1916) First-team All-PCC (1917) |
Roy Bohler was a college athletics coach and athletic director. He also had a standout college basketball career as a player, earning All-American status in 1916. While playing for Washington State, Bohler – a 5'11" center – led the Cougars to an NCAA national championship in 1916–17 while playing under head coach Fred Bohler, his older brother.[1] [2]
Bohler coached college football, basketball, and baseball. His football stints include being the head coach at Willamette, Beloit, and Chico State.[3] While at Beloit he also served as the school's athletic director. He resigned in March 1929 because he disagreed with providing student-athletes with scholarship money, an opinion that began gaining support among Beloit's officials during his time as athletic director.[4] In basketball, Bohler coached at Beloit as well as for Humboldt State. His longest tenure for any team, however, was as the head baseball coach for Chico State, a position he held for 17 seasons. Chico State has since named their baseball field "Roy Bohler Field".[5] In his 17 years as Chico State's coach, he led them to seven conference championships.[5]