Pat Boland

Patrick Henry Boland 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.

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. 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. He died at 64 in 1971.