Royal R. Campbell | |
Birth Date: | 31 August 1886 |
Birth Place: | St. Ignace, Michigan, U.S. |
Death Place: | Highland Park, Michigan, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1908–1909 |
Player Team2: | Alma |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Team2: | Owosso HS (MI) |
Coach Years3: | 1911–1912 |
Coach Team3: | Detroit |
Coach Years4: | 1913–1914 |
Coach Team4: | Knox (IL) |
Coach Years5: | 1921–1935 |
Coach Team5: | Alma |
Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
Coach Years7: | 1909–1913 |
Coach Team7: | Detroit |
Coach Years8: | 1913–1915 |
Coach Team8: | Knox (IL) |
Coach Years9: | 1916–1919 |
Coach Team9: | Detroit |
Coach Years10: | 1921–1935 |
Coach Team10: | Alma |
Admin Years1: | 1921–1936 |
Admin Team1: | Alma |
Overall Record: | 75–60–12 (college football) 218–120 (college basketball) |
Championships: | Football 6 MIAA (1923, 1926–1927, 1929–1930, 1935) |
Royal Roderick "Scottie" Campbell (August 31, 1886 – December 31, 1951) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Detroit—now the University of Detroit Mercy—from 1911 to 1912, at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois from 1913 to 1914, and at Alma College from 1921 to 1935, compiling a career college football record of 75–60–12. Campbell was also the head basketball coach at Detroit (1909–1913, 1916–1919), Knox (1913–1915), and Alma (1921–1935), tallying a career college basketball mark of 218–120.
Campbell played college football at Alma in 1908 and 1909. His Scottish descent inspired school's fight name, "Scots", which was adopted during his tenure as coach. Campbell spent his later years in Detroit. He suffered a stroke on December 24, 1951, and was taken to Highland Park General Hospital in Highland Park, Michigan, where he died on December 31 of that year.[1]