Phil Utley

Phil Utley
Biographical details
Born	October 23, 1889
Died	June 16, 1950 (aged 60); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1909–1912	Wake Forest
Basketball
1909–1913	Wake Forest
Baseball
1910–1913	Wake Forest
1913–1914	Rome Romans
Position(s)	Quarterback, end (football); Guard (basketball); First baseman (baseball); Hurder, shot putter (track)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1913	Carson–Newman
1921	Lenoir
Basketball
1921–1922	Lenoir
1922–1923	Wake Forest
Baseball
1922	Lenoir
1923	Wake Forest
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1922–1923	Wake Forest
Head coaching record
Overall	9–5 (football); 20–17 (basketball); 18–17 (baseball)

Philemon M. Utley (October 23, 1889 – June 16, 1950) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track coach.^[1] He served as the head football coach at Carson–Newman University in 1913 and Lenoir College—now known as Lenoir–Rhyne University—in 1921, compiling a career college football coaching record of 9–5. He coached the Wake Forest University men's basketball team in 1922–23 and the Demon Deacons baseball team in 1923.^[2]^[3] Utley also coached track at Wake Forest and served as the school athletic director in 1922–23.

A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, Utley attended Wake Forest from 1909 to 1913, where he played football as a quarterback and end, basketball as a guard, and baseball as a first baseman. He was also a hurdler and shot putter in track. Utley died unexpectedly on June 16, 1950, in Los Angeles, California.^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Philemon Utley". Baseball-Reference Player Register. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ "Philip Utley". Sports Reference College Basketball. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ "Philemon Utley" (PDF). Wake Forest University. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ "Death Takes Phil Utley, Deacon Coach". Asheville Citizen-Times. Asheville, North Carolina. Associated Press. June 17, 1950. p. 10. Retrieved December 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .