Tom Conley (American football)

Thomas Conley was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. Conley played college football at the University of Notre Dame from 1928 to 1930. He was the captain of the 1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, which won a national championship. Conley was named a Second Team All-American as an end that year. He served as the head football coach at La Salle University from 1931 to 1932 and at John Carroll University from 1936 to 1942, compiling a career college football coaching record of 33–34–7.^[1] Conley was also the head basketball coach at La Salle from 1931 to 1933 and at John Carroll from 1936 to 1943, tallying a career college basketball mark of 86–87. He worked as an assistant football coach in charge of the ends at his alma mater, Notre Dame, from 1933 to 1935. A native of Philadelphia, Conley attended Roman Catholic High School there.^[2]

Tom Conley

Playing career
Football
1928–1930	Notre Dame
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1931–1932	La Salle
1933–1935	Notre Dame (ends)
1936–1942	John Carroll
Basketball
1931–1933	La Salle
1936–1943	John Carroll
Head coaching record
Overall	33–34–7 (football) 86–87 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As coach: OAC (1938) As player: 2× National (1929, 1930)
Awards
Second-team All-American (1930) Third-team All-American (1929)

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
La Salle Explorers (Independent) (1931–1932)
1931	La Salle	4–4
1932	La Salle	4–2–2
La Salle:		8–6–2
John Carroll Blue Streaks (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1936–1942)
1936	John Carroll	2–7	1–3	T–14th
1937	John Carroll	3–5	1–2	T–14th
1938	John Carroll	6–2–1	4–0–1	1st
1939	John Carroll	7–1	2–1	9th
1940	John Carroll	2–6	0–3	T–17th
1941	John Carroll	2–5–1	1–2–1	11th
1942	John Carroll	3–2–3	3–0–1	2nd
John Carroll:		25–28–5	12–11–3
Total:		33–34–7
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Basketball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
La Salle Explorers (Independent) (1931–1933)
1931–32	La Salle	15–8
1932–33	La Salle	13–3
La Salle:		28–11
John Carroll Blue Streaks (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1936–1943)
1936–37	John Carroll	4–13	2–8	18th
1937–38	John Carroll	5–9	3–5	11th
1938–39	John Carroll	13–14	6–4	T–5h
1939–40	John Carroll	12–8	5–4	T–6th
1940–41	John Carroll	8–13	5–7	11th
1941–42	John Carroll	8–10	5–6	9th
1942–43	John Carroll	8–9	5–6	10th
John Carroll:		58–76	31–40
Total:		86–87

References

1. "Football Season by Season".
2. "Conley Lands Coaching Job; Notre Dame Captain to Tutor La Salle College Eleven in Home City". Reading Eagle. Reading, Pennsylvania. January 6, 1931. p. 10. Retrieved May 10, 2015 – via Google News.