Basil Stanley

Stanley attended South Bend High School in South Bend, Indiana. In 1915, he entered Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. A year later, he transferred to the University of Notre Dame, where he lettered in football. Stanley broken his leg in game played on November 17, 1917, at Cartier Field, against Michigan Agricultural. He also suffered a head injury that season. In February 1918, he was held in the St. Joseph County, Indiana jail pending an assessment of his psychological state. He judged to be insane, and committed to the Logancliff Hospital in Logansport, Indiana. Stanley played football at Saint Mary's College of California as a tackle in 1921 and 1922. ==Coaching career==

In 1923, Stanley was hired as an assistant football coach at the University of Arizona under head coach Pop McKale. In 1924, he was appointed head football coach at the First District Agricultural School—now known as Arkansas State University—in Jonesboro, Arkansas, succeeding Tom Dandelet. He resigned from his post at Jonesboro in December 2024, and was replaced by Herbert Schwartz. Stanley returned to his alma mater, Notre Dame, in 1926 to coach the freshmen football team under head varsity coach Knute Rockne. In the winter of 1926–27, he coached basketball at Berrien Springs High School in Berrien Springs, Michigan. He earned a master's degree from Notre Dame in 1927. In June of that year, Stanley was named athletic director and head coach of football, basketball, and track and field at River Falls State Teachers College—now known as the University of Wisconsin–River Falls. In 1934, Stanley was named head football coach at Yreka High School in Yreka, California. ==Death==

Stanley died on July 17, 1975, in San Francisco. ==Head coaching record==