1. Roy Lester was an American college and high school football coach.
24 Facts About Roy Lester
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Roy Lester was fired after the 1971 season when Maryland finished at the bottom of the Atlantic Coast Conference for the second consecutive year.
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Roy Lester attended West Virginia University where he was a three-sport athlete and earned letters in football, baseball, and basketball.
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Roy Lester was inducted into the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Roy Lester grew up in Spencer, West Virginia and attended college at West Virginia University, where he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball.
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Roy Lester played college football under famed coaches Bill Kern and Dudley DeGroot as an end in 1948 and participated in the 1949 Sun Bowl.
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Roy Lester graduated in 1949 with a degree in political science.
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In 1949, Roy Lester played football for the Paterson Panthers of the American Association, a farm team of the Philadelphia Eagles.
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In 1950, Roy Lester began his coaching career at Walton High School in Walton, West Virginia from 1950 to 1951.
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From 1956 to 1958, Roy Lester served under Tommy Mont as the University of Maryland's ends coach and freshman team coach for three seasons.
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Roy Lester served as the head football coach at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Maryland, from 1959 to 1968.
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In 1969, Roy Lester was hired as Maryland's fourth head coach in five years.
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Roy Lester had previously twice applied for the Maryland head coach position.
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Roy Lester reintroduced the split-T formation at Maryland, which Jim Tatum had used to great effect there in the 1950s.
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Roy Lester was bothered by a similar situation with fullback Franco Harris, whose high school coach was a friend of Roy Lester's.
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Roy Lester attributed Maryland's football woes to the turnover at head coach and lack of depth because of recruitment shortcomings.
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Roy Lester switched the positions of eight players, which included Tom Miller from fullback to linebacker.
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Roy Lester was fired at the conclusion of the 1971 season.
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Roy Lester was replaced by Jerry Claiborne, who went on to considerable success in the position.
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Roy Lester was a high school coach and nobody had ever heard of him.
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In 1972, Roy Lester returned to the interscholastic ranks as a head coach at Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, Maryland, which awarded him a ten-year contract.
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From 1979 to 1993, Roy Lester served as head coach at Magruder High School in Rockville, Maryland.
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In 1984, Roy Lester led Magruder to capture the Class B state championship, and repeated the feat with the Class A state championship in 1986.
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Roy Lester died in Rockville, Maryland, on May 3,2020, at the age of 96.