Ed Troxel
| Sport(s) | Football, track |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 20, 1925 Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | January 22, 2001 (aged 75) Kennewick, Washington |
| Alma mater | Western State College (CO) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1949–1952 | Manzanola HS (CO) |
| 1953–1954 | Caldwell HS (ID) |
| 1955–1957 | College of Idaho |
| 1958–1966 | Borah HS (ID) |
| 1967–1973 | Idaho (assistant) |
| 1974–1977 | Idaho |
| 1978–1990 | Kennewick HS (WA) |
| Track | |
| 1956–1958 | College of Idaho |
| 1959–1966 | Borah HS (ID) |
| 1967–1970 | Idaho (assistant) |
| 1971–1973 | Idaho |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 31–39–3 (college football) |
Ed Troxel (November 20, 1925 – January 22, 2001) was a high school and college football coach in Colorado, Idaho, and eastern Washington. His most notable coaching stops were at Borah High School in Boise, the University of Idaho, and Kennewick High School.
Troxel was born in Kansas in 1925 and grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His father died when he was eight years old, and his high school football coaches had a great influence on him, leading to his career in coaching.
After graduation from Western State College in Gunnison, his first coaching job was in 1949 in tiny Manzanola, fifty miles (80 km) east of Pueblo. In four years his football teams went 42-6 (.867) and won two state titles. He moved to Caldwell, Idaho, in 1953 to coach Caldwell High School, and his Cougar teams had a 13-3-1 record (.794) in his two years there. In 1955, he moved to the College of Idaho, also in Caldwell, where he coached the Coyotes in football (15-14-0,.517), boxing, and track. He was at C of I for three years, but the 16-hour days he was spending at campus forced him to find another job in 1958.
Borah High School, the second public high school in Boise, opened in the fall of 1958 on the southwest side of the city. Troxel was hired as its first football and track coach, where he instituted a weight-training program that was far ahead of its time. Troxel was at Borah for nine years, and his Lions amassed a dominating 78-6-2 record (.919) in football, winning the Southern Idaho Conference (and unofficial state title) in their first six seasons and a total of eight times, settling for runner-up once (1964). His Borah track teams won four consecutive state titles (1960–63). One of his most notable football players was Steve Preece, of the class of 1965. Preece was the option quarterback of the Oregon State teams of 1967 and 1968, "The Giant Killers," and later played defensive back in the NFL for nine seasons. Following his departure in 1967, a section of the roadway on the Borah campus was named "Troxel Way." Assistant coach Delane "De" Pankratz succeeded Troxel as head coach and Borah continued its dominance in football into the early 1980s.
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