Roy McNeal

{{Short description|American football coach}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Roy McNeal

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|6|23}}

| birth_place = Dallas County, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|5|25|1891|6|23}}

| death_place = Ashland, Oregon, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1911–1912

| player_team2 = Henderson-Brown

| player_positions = Tackle, fullback (football)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1920–1921

| coach_team2 = Albany (OR)

| coach_years3 = 1922–1925

| coach_team3 = Puget Sound

| coach_years4 = 1927–1931

| coach_team4 = Southern Oregon Normal

| coach_sport5 = Basketball

| coach_years6 = c. 1920

| coach_team6 = Albany (OR)

| coach_years7 = 1927–1932

| coach_team7 = Southern Oregon Normal

| coach_sport8 = Baseball

| coach_years9 = c. 1920

| coach_team9 = Albany (OR)

| coach_sport10 = Track

| coach_years11 = c. 1920

| coach_team11 = Albany (OR)

| admin_years1 = 1919–1922

| admin_team1 = Albany (OR)

| admin_years2 = 1922–1926

| admin_team2 = Puget Sound

| admin_years3 = 1927–?

| admin_team3 = Southern Oregon Normal

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Roy Wilson McNeal{{cite web|url=http://cdm15013.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15013coll6/id/192/rec/16|title=Football team of 1931 :: Historic Southern Oregon University|publisher=cdm15013.contentdm.oclc.org|accessdate=August 26, 2015}} (June 23, 1891 – May 25, 1976) was an American college sports coach, athletics administrator, and professor. He served as the head football coach at Albany College—now known as Lewis & Clark College—in Albany, Oregon from 1920 to 1921, the College of Puget Sound—now known as the University of Puget Sound—in Tacoma, Washington from 1922 to 1925, and Southern Oregon State Normal School—now known as Southern Oregon University—in Ashland, Oregon from 1927 to 1931. He also coached basketball, baseball, and track at Albany. McNeal later served as professor of geography at Southern Oregon.{{cite journal|title=The Oregon Historical Quarterly|author=Oregon Historical Society|journal=Oregon Historical Quarterly|date=1959|volume=60|publisher=Oregon Historical Society.|issn=0030-4727|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CfUQAAAAIAAJ|accessdate=August 26, 2015}}{{cite book|title=The Journal of geography|date=1976|volume=75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n702AQAAIAAJ|accessdate=August 26, 2015}}

McNeal attended Henderson-Brown College—now known as Henderson State University—in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he earned eight varsity letters in two years. He played at tackle and fullback in football, and ran the 440-yard dash in track. McNeal earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Arizona in 1916. At Arizona, he was an assistant to coach Pop McKale.{{cite news |last=Swayze |first=Tom |title=McNeal Named C. P. S. Mentor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119788934/the-tacoma-daily-ledger/ |newspaper=The Tacoma Daily Ledger |location=Tacoma, Washington |date=June 7, 1922 |page=8 |access-date=February 26, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Head coaching record

=Football=

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Albany Pirates

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1920

| endyear = 1921

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1920

| name = Albany

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| year = 1921

| name = Albany

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Puget Sound Loggers

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1922

| endyear = 1925

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1922

| name = Puget Sound

| overall = 3–3–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1923

| name = Puget Sound

| overall = 4–2–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1924

| name = Puget Sound

| overall = 2–3–1

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| year = 1925

| name = Puget Sound

| overall = 3–3

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Puget Sound

| overall = 11–10–3

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Southern Oregon Normal

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1927

| endyear = 1928

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1927

| name = Southern Oregon Normal

| overall = 3–0

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1928

| name = Southern Oregon Normal

| overall = 1–3–2

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| ranking = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Southern Oregon Normal

| conf = California Coast Conference

| startyear = 1929

| endyear = single

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1929

| name = Southern Oregon Normal

| overall = 2–4–1

| conference = 0–4

| confstanding = 8th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Southern Oregon Normal

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1930

| endyear = 1931

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1930

| name = Southern Oregon Normal

| overall = 4–2

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1931

| name = Southern Oregon Normal

| overall = 3–0–2

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Southern Oregon Normal

| overall = 13–9–5

| confrecord = 0–4

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

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| bowls = no

| poll = no

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| legend = no

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