| Roy Tillotson | |
| Birth Date: | 1 April 1891 |
| Birth Place: | Oberlin, Ohio, U.S. |
| Death Place: | East Chicago, Indiana, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1912–1914 |
| Player Team2: | Oberlin |
| Player Positions: | Tackle |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1916–1919 |
| Coach Team2: | Allegheny HS (PA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1920–1923 |
| Coach Team3: | Hiram |
| Coach Years4: | 1924–1929 |
| Coach Team4: | Miami (OH) (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1930–1948 |
| Coach Team5: | Franklin (IN) |
| Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
| Coach Years7: | 1920–1924 |
| Coach Team7: | Hiram |
| Coach Years8: | 1924–1930 |
| Coach Team8: | Miami (OH) |
| Coach Years9: | 1932–1947 |
| Coach Team9: | Franklin (IN) |
| Coach Sport10: | Baseball |
| Coach Years11: | 1921–1924 |
| Coach Team11: | Hiram |
| Coach Years12: | ?–1949 |
| Coach Team12: | Franklin (IN) |
| Admin Years1: | ?–1949 |
| Admin Team1: | Franklin (IN) |
| Overall Record: | 53–110–10 (college football) 185–215 (college basketball) 12–25–1 (college baseball, Hiram only) |
Roy Everett Tillotson (April 1, 1891 – August 30, 1962) was an American coach and athletic trainer who coached at Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana, and the University of Toledo.
Tillotson was born in Oberlin, Ohio, where he graduated from Oberlin High School in 1910 and Oberlin College in 1916. He later earned an M.S. degree at Indiana University.
After teaching physical education and coaching at Allegheny High School in Pittsburgh for four years, he became a coach at Hiram College in 1920. He was head basketball coach at Miami University from 1924 until 1930, when he began a 19-year career at Franklin College. He became equipment manager and trainer at the University of Toledo in 1950, retiring the year before his death.
Tillotson died on August 30, 1962, at St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago, Indiana, after suffering a heart attack. He and is buried alongside his wife, Mabelle, at Greenlawn Cemetery in Franklin, Indiana.[1]