Floyd Stahl

Floyd Stahl

Biographical details
Born	(1899-07-18)July 18, 1899 Paulding County, Ohio, U.S.
Died	July 26, 1996(1996-07-26) (aged 97) Blacklick, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
Baseball
1926	Illinois
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1926–1930	Stivers HS OH)
1943–1946	Harvard College
1950–1958	Ohio State
Baseball
1927–1930	Stivers HS OH)
1933–1938	Ohio State
1939–1946	Harvard College
Football
1927–1929	Stivers HS OH)
1933–1938	Ohio State (backfield)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1950–1966	Ohio State (assistant AD)
Head coaching record
Overall	108–120 (college basketball) 178–168–1 (college baseball)
Tournaments	Basketball 0–2 (NCAA)

Floyd S. Stahl (July 18, 1899 – July 26 1996) was an American collegiate athletic coach, who held many coaching and administrative positions at Harvard University and the Ohio State University.^[1]

Stahl was the head coach of the Ohio State baseball team from 1933 to 1938.^[2] During this same period, he was the backfield coach for the Ohio State football team under head coach Francis Schmidt.^[3][4]

In 1939 Stahl joined the staff at Harvard. From 1939 to 1946 he served as Harvard's baseball head coach, though no games were played in 1944–45 due to World War II; the team won its conference title in his first season in 1939, but his overall record at the school was 54–69. He also served as the basketball head coach at Harvard from 1943 to 1946, leading the Harvard Crimson to their first NCAA tournament berth in 1946. Harvard was defeated in the Elite Eight by Ohio State.

Ohio State rehired Stahl the following year as their baseball head coach. He served as the Buckeyes' baseball coach from 1947 to 1950, finishing his tenure with an overall record of 129–108–1. In 1950 he switched to the basketball program, becoming the head coach for the Ohio State men's team from 1950 to 1958.

While serving as the Ohio State basketball coach, Stahl was also an associate athletic director. In 1958, he gave up coaching to become Ohio State's assistant athletic director.

Stahl returned to coaching in 1966 to lead the Ohio State golf team. He was inducted into the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame in 1978. Stahl died on July 26, 1996, at his son's home in Blacklick, Ohio.^[5]

Head coaching record

College basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Harvard Crimson (Independent) (1943–1946)
1943–44	Harvard College	2–12
1944–45	Harvard College	2–13
1945–46	Harvard College	20–3			NCAA Regional Fourth Place
Harvard College:		24–28 (.462)
Ohio State Buckeyes (Big Ten Conference) (1950–1958)
1950–51	Ohio State	6–16	3–11	T–9th
1951–52	Ohio State	8–14	6–8	T–5th
1952–53	Ohio State	10–12	7–11	7th
1953–54	Ohio State	11–11	5–9	7th
1954–55	Ohio State	10–12	4–10	10th
1955–56	Ohio State	16–6	9–5	T–3rd
1956–57	Ohio State	14–8	9–5	T–3rd
1957–58	Ohio State	9–13	8–6	T–4th
Ohio State:		84–92 (.477)	51–65 (.440)
Total:		108–120 (.474)

References

1. "New Baseball Coach Floyd Stahl Expects a Better, Hustling Nine". The Harvard Crimson. February 7, 1939. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
2. Hartman, Marcus (June 9, 2017). "Where has Ohio State found its basketball coaches?". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
3. Perkins, Brett (2010). Frantic Francis: How One Coach's Madness Changed Football. University of Nebraska Press p. 317. ISBN 978-0-8032-2617-3.
4. Novak, Thad (July 11, 2012). "Ohio State Basketball: Power Ranking Buckeyes' Greatest Hoops Coaches Ever". Bleacher Report. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
5. "Former coach, administrator for Ohio State dead at 97". Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. Associated Press. July 29, 1996. p. 12. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

• Floyd Stahl at Find a Grave