Hanley Painter
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Goodwater, Alabama, U.S.
Hickory, North Carolina, U.S.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 28, 1924 Goodwater, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | November 16, 2001 (aged 77) Hickory, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1946–1949 | Lenoir–Rhyne |
| Position(s) | Tackle, fullback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1950–1953 | Taylorsville HS (NC) |
| 1954 | Lenoir–Rhyne (ends) |
| 1955–1961 | Lenoir–Rhyne (line / first assistant) |
| 1962–1972 | Lenoir–Rhyne |
| Baseball | |
| 1957–1961 | Lenoir–Rhyne |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1961–1982 | Lenoir–Rhyne |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 66–43–2 (college football) 50–39–2 (college baseball) 23–16 (high school football) |
| Tournaments | Football 1–1 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 5 Carolinas Conference (1962, 1965–1968) | |
Hanley Hayes Painter (August 28, 1924 – November 16, 2001) was an American football and baseball coach, college athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach at Lenoir–Rhyne College—now known as Lenoir–Rhyne University—in Hickory, North Carolina from 1962 to 1973, compiling a career college football of 66–43–2. He led the Lenoir–Rhyne Bears to five Carolinas Conference titles and an appearance in the NAIA Football National Championship title game in 1962. Painter was also the head baseball coach at Lenoir–Rhyne from 1957 to 1961, the school's athletic director from 1961 to 1982, and a professor of health and education.
Painter was born on August 28, 1924, in Goodwater, Alabama.[1] He moved with his family as a youth to Bryson City, North Carolina, where he attended high school. During World War II, Painter served with the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific theater, where he was wounded at the Battle of Saipan and the Battle of Iwo Jima.[1]
After the war, Painter played college football at Lenoir–Rhyne as a tackle and fullback from 1946 to 1949 under Clarence Stasavich.[2]
Coaching career
After graduating from Lenoir–Rhyne in 1950, Painter spent four years as the football coach at Taylorsville High School in Taylorsville, North Carolina, tallying a mark of 23–16. He returned to Lenoir–Rhyne in 1954 as ends coach under Stasavich and was promoted to line coach and first assistant the next year. He succeeded Stasavich as head football coach following the 1961 season.[2][3][4]
