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Lee Royer
Biographical details
Born	c. 1934; Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died	December 20, 1973 (aged 39); near Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
1953–1956	West Chester
Position(s)	Fullback, linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1959	Chester HS (PA) (assistant)
1960–1961	Pennsylvania Military (line)
1962–1963	Pennsylvania Military
1964	Connecticut (assistant)
1965–1966	Boston College (DB/LB)
1967	VPI (DB)
1968–1970	Maryland (DB)
1971–1972	Navy (assistant)
1973	Lynchburg Baptist

Harold Lee "Rock" Royer (c. 1934 – November 20, 1973) was an American football coach best known for his role as the father of Liberty University football. He was the school's first ever head coach before dying in a plane crash while caught up in tornadic winds in his Cherokee 6 on November 20, 1973.^[1]^[2] He also was a noted Baptist evangelist^[3] and was known in collegiate football circles as "Coach Born Again".^[4]

Coaching career

Royer left the United States Naval Academy, where he had served as defensive coordinator, to start up the football program at Lynchburg Baptist College, now called Liberty University. He served as the school's first head coach leading the Flames to a 3–3 record including three straight victories to end the inaugural season.^[5] He also served as an assistant coach at Maryland^[6] and he spent two seasons early in his career as head coach at Pennsylvania Military College, now called Widener University.^[7]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Pennsylvania Military Cadets (Middle Atlantic Conference) (1962–1963)
1962	Pennsylvania Military	5–5	5–4	5th (Southern College)
1963	Pennsylvania Military	3–6	3–5	7th (Southern College)
Widener:		8–11	8–9
Lynchburg Baptist Flames (NAIA independent) (1973)
1973	Lynchburg Baptist	3–3
Lynchburg Baptist:		3–3
Total:		11–14