title: Sumner Dole
text: # Sumner Dole
  
  Sumner Alvord Dole (1892 – January 22, 1997) was an American football, basketball and baseball and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Connecticut from 1923 to 1933, compiling a record of 36–39–14. Dole was also the head basketball coach at the University of Massachusetts from 1917 to 1918 and Connecticut from 1923 to 1927, amassing a career college basketball coaching record of 45–35.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  ### Football
  
  | Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Connecticut / Connecticut State Aggies (New England Conference) (1923–1933) ||||||
  | 1923 | Connecticut | 3–4–1 | 1–1–1 | T–2nd |
  | 1924 | Connecticut | 6–0–2 | 3–0 | 1st |
  | 1925 | Connecticut | 3–5–1 | 0–2–1 | 4th |
  | 1926 | Connecticut | 7–1 | 3–1 | 1st |
  | 1927 | Connecticut | 5–4 | 1–2 | 3rd |
  | 1928 | Connecticut | 4–1–3 | 1–0–2 | T–1st |
  | 1929 | Connecticut | 4–4 | 1–2 | T–3rd |
  | 1930 | Connecticut | 1–5–1 | 0–2–1 | 4th |
  | 1931 | Connecticut | 2–3–3 | 0–3 | 4th |
  | 1932 | Connecticut | 0–6–2 | 0–2–1 | 4th |
  | 1933 | Connecticut State | 1–6–1 | 0–1 | 4th |
  | Connecticut: | Connecticut: | 36–39–14 | 9–16–6 | |
  | Total: | Total: | 36–39–14 | | |
  | National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||
  