Dolph Stanley
Dolph Stanley
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| Sport(s) | Basketball, football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
January 23, 1905 Marion, Illinois |
| Died | July 9, 1990 (aged 85) Rockford, Illinois |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1930–1934 | Equality HS |
| 1934–1937 | Mt. Pulaski HS |
| 1938–1945 | Taylorville HS |
| 1945–1957 | Beloit College |
| 1960–1970 | Rockford Auburn HS |
| 1970–1980 | Rockford Boylan HS |
| 1984–1989 | Rockford Keith HS |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 943-370 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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IHSA Boys Basketball Championship (1944) Midwest Conference Champions (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951) |
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| Awards | |
| Beloit College Athletic Hall of Honor (1971) NIC-10 Coach of the Year (1977) 100 Legends of the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournament (2007) WBCA Hall of Fame (2009) |
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Dolph Stanley (January 23, 1905 – July 9, 1990) was an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the ”Silver Fox”, Stanley is best known for holding the "unbreakable" record of guiding five different Illinois High School Association (IHSA) schools into the state tournament. He gained national prominence by coaching Beloit College to a 238–57 basketball record from 1945 to 1957 while guiding them to an NIT berth and a final AP Rank of No. 16 in 1951. Collectively, Stanley coached six high school teams as well as Beloit College, compiling 943 total victories (705 high school, 238 college). He finished his career in 1989 at Keith Country Day School in Rockford.
Stanley was born in Marion, Illinois, becoming a three-year letterman in basketball while attending Marion High School. Following high school, he attended Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois. In 1930 Stanley became the head coach of Equality High School in Equality, Illinois. In just two years of coaching, he took the Cardinals to a third-place finish in 1934. Stanley left Equality after winning 94% of his games, finishing with a record of 36 wins and only 2 losses.
Stanley next took the reign of Mt. Pulaski High School and led them to a fourth-place finish in 1936. In his three years of coaching the Hilltoppers, Stanley coached teams produced 70 wins with only 18 losses. During his time at Mt. Pulaski, he married Laura Jane Dial on August 26, 1934 in Mt. Vernon, Illinois.
In 1938, he became the head coach of Taylorville High School. During his seven years at the helm, the Tornadoes won four regional titles, two sectional titles and, in 1944, Stanley directed them to a perfect 45–0 record. This was Stanley's only state championship team and the first undefeated titlist in Illinois history. That team included future Hall of Fame coach, Johnny Orr and 1952 Olympic gold medalist, Ron Bontemps. His final record at Taylorville was an astounding 196–42.
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