Sport(s) | Football |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Bremerton, Washington |
February 5, 1947
Playing career | |
1966–1968 | Pittsburg State |
Position(s) | Defensive lineman, offensive lineman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1970–1971 | Bishop Carroll HS (KS) (assistant) |
1972 | Pittsburg State (GA) |
1973 | Stockton HS (MO) |
1974–1982 | Missouri–Rolla (DC) |
1983–1985 | Miami HS (OK) (assistant) |
1986–1987 | Missouri–Rolla (DC) |
1988–1989 | Pittsburg State (assistant) |
1990–2009 | Pittsburg State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 198–47–2 |
Bowls | 1–0 |
Tournaments | 19–14 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 NCAA Division II National (1991) 9 MIAA (1990–1992, 1994–1996, 2001, 2003–2004) |
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Awards | |
AFCA Division II Coach of the Year (1991) Liberty Mutual Division II Coach of the Year (2008) |
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Charles Leroy "Chuck" Broyles (born February 5, 1947) is a former American football player and coach in the United States. He served as the head football coach at Pittsburg State University from 1990 to 2009, compiling a record of 198–47–2 in 20 seasons. His Pittsburg State Gorillas football teams won the NCAA Division II Football Championship in 1991, appeared three other championship games (1992, 1995 and 2004), and captured nine Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association titles. Broyles retired from coaching at Pittsburg State effective December 2, 2009.
Broyles was born in Bremerton, Washington and grew up in Mulberry, Kansas where he played eight-man football. He played on the defensive and offensive lines at Pittsburg State and graduated from the school in 1970.
From 1970 to 1971, Broyles was an assistant coach at Bishop Carroll High School in Wichita, Kansas. He received an M.A. from Pittsburg in 1972 after serving as a graduate assistant with the football team. In 1973, he was coach of Stockton High School in . He was a defensive coordinator for the University of Missouri-Rolla from 1974 to 1982. He was an assistant coach at Miami High School in Miami, Oklahoma from 1983 to 1985. He returned to Rolla as defensive coordinator in 1986 and 1987.
In 1988, Broyles was an assistant coach at Pittsburg. In his first season as head coach of Pittsburg in 1990, his team went 10–0 in the regular season and won two games in the Division playoffs. In his second season in 1991 he led the college to a 13–1–1 record and a national championship. He was named Division II Coach of the Year.