George Toley
George Andrew Toley (April 23, 1916 – March 1, 2008) was an American collegiate tennis coach at the University of Southern California from 1954 to 1980. His teams won ten NCAA team championships (1955, 1958, 1962–64, 1966–69, 1976), nine individual titles and twelve doubles titles, and included stars such as Alex Olmedo, Rafael Osuna, Dennis Ralston, Joaquín Loyo-Mayo, Raúl Ramírez, Stan Smith, Bob Lutz and Marcelo Lara.
Born in
In 1941–42, Toley served for a brief time as a USC tennis coach, and also as a club pro at the
Toley was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Coach of the Year for NCAA Division I men's tennis in 1978.[1] Toley's teams at USC were highly successful, winning 82% of their dual matches (430-92-4).[2] Toley's 1963 and 1967 teams were named the #1 and #3 greatest all-time men's teams, respectively, by Inside Tennis magazine.[3]
In 1983, Toley was one of the 15 initial inductees to the Intercollegiate Tennis Hall of Fame[4] (along with Olmedo, Osuna and Ralston), was elected to the Southern California Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000, and to the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.[5] Toley died at age 91 in Pasadena, California.
References
- ^ Wilson/ITA National Men's Coach of the Year
- ^ Former USC Head Coach George Toley Dies At 91: Hall of Fame coach led Troy to 10 national team championships.
- ^ Top 10 All-Time NCAA Men's and Women's Teams
- ^ Intercollegiate Tennis Hall of Fame Archived December 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2003 Inductees For USC Athletic Hall Of Fame Announced
- Cooke, Jane, ed. (1983). International Who's Who in Tennis. Dallas: World Championship Tennis, Inc. p. 786. ISBN 99950-1-952-3.
- Los Angeles Times obituary
- Gardnar Mulloy, "As it Was" (2009)
- George Toley, "The Golden Age of College Tennis" (2009)