Sumner Dole

Sumner Dole (1892-1997)

Teams coached: UMass Minutemen, Connecticut Huskies
UMass record: 6-10 (.375)
Connecticut record: 39-25 (.609)
Overall record: 45-35 (.563)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• New England Regular Season Champion:  2  (1925, 1926)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1923-1927	Connecticut
1917-1918	UMass

Sumner Dole Facts

• Sumner Alvord Dole
• Born 1892
• Died January 22, 1997
• Hometown: Shelburne, Massachusetts
• Alma Mater: Massachusetts Agricultural College (BA)
• Played football at what is now UMass, later starting his coaching career at the school
  • Coached the UMass basketball team for the 1917-18 season, going 6-10
• At UConn, Dole coached the football, basketball and baseball teams
  • In four seasons with the basketball program, Dole was 39-25 overall and won two New England titles
  • His football teams were 36-39-14 overall (1923-33) and his baseball teams were 64-90-2 (1924-35)
  • From 1932-48, he served as the men’s dean at the University; also started the school’s women’s basketball team
• During World War II, Dole served as a lieutenant commander in the United States Coast Guard
• Was commissioner of the New England Intercollegiate Football Association until 1979
• Passed away in 1997 in New Hampshire at the age of 104

Sumner Dole Coaching Tree

• Hugh Greer (Connecticut)