Patrick Henry Boland (October 12, 1906 – July 2, 1971) was a head coach in the AAFC for one season in 1946. He was the interim coach for the Chicago Rockets. He was also a line coach at Iowa.

Early life

Boland was born on October 12, 1906, in Duluth, Minnesota. He went to college at Minnesota.

College coaching career

Boland was a freshman coach at Minnesota in 1932. In 1937 he became a line coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes. He was the coach there from 1937 to 1942.^[1]

Professional coaching career

In 1946, Boland became the line coach for the Chicago Rockets of the AAFC. He became the interim coach a few weeks later.^[2] As a coach he had a 2–3–1 record.

Later life

Boland later became a recruiter for the University of Iowa and the University of Miami.^[3] He died at 64 in 1971.^[3]

References