Royal R. Campbell

Royal R. Campbell

Campbell pictured in the Alma Record, 1921
Biographical details
Born	(1886-08-31)August 31, 1886 St. Ignace, Michigan, U.S.
Died	December 31, 1951(1951-12-31) (aged 65) Highland Park, Michigan, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1908–1909	Alma
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
c. 1910	Owosso HS (MI)
1911–1912	Detroit
1913–1914	Knox (IL)
1921–1935	Alma
Basketball
1909–1913	Detroit
1913–1915	Knox (IL)
1916–1919	Detroit
1921–1935	Alma
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1921–1936	Alma
Head coaching record
Overall	75–60–12 (college football) 218–120 (college basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 6 MIAA (1923, 1926–1927, 1929–1930, 1935)

Royal Roderick "Scottie" Campbell (August 31, 1886 – December 31, 1951) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Detroit—now the University of Detroit Mercy—from 1911 to 1912, at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois from 1913 to 1914, and at Alma College from 1921 to 1935, compiling a career college football record of 75–60–12. Campbell was also the head basketball coach at Detroit (1909–1913, 1916–1919), Knox (1913–1915), and Alma (1921–1935), tallying a career college basketball mark of 218–120.

Campbell played college football at Alma in 1908 and 1909. His Scottish descent inspired school's fight name, "Scots", which was adopted during his tenure as coach. Campbell spent his later years in Detroit. He suffered a stroke on December 24, 1951, and was taken to Highland Park General Hospital in Highland Park, Michigan, where he died on December 31 of that year.

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Detroit Tigers (Independent) (1911–1912)
1911	Detroit	4–4
1912	Detroit	5–2–1
Detroit:		9–6–1
Knox Old Siwash (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1913–1914)
1913	Knox	2–3–2
1914	Knox	4–3
Knox:		6–6–2
Alma Maroon and Cream / Scots (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1921–1935)
1921	Alma	2–6–1	1–4	6th
1922	Alma	5–3–1	4–1	2nd
1923	Alma	6–2–1	5–0	1st
1924	Alma	3–5	3–2	3rd
1925	Alma	4–4	2–3	T–4th
1926	Alma	6–2	4–0	1st
1927	Alma	7–1–1	5–0	1st
1928	Alma	3–4	3–2	3rd
1929	Alma	6–1	5–0	1st
1930	Alma	5–3	4–1	T–1st
1931	Alma	3–3–1	3–1–1	2nd
1932	Alma	1–6	0–4	5th
1933	Alma	0–4–2	0–2–2	T–4th
1934	Alma	1–4–2	1–1–2	3rd
1935	Alma	8–0	4–0	1st
Alma:		60–48–9	44–21–5
Total:		75–60–12
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

External links

• Royal R. Campbell at Find a Grave