Floyd O. Temple was the head coach of the University of Kansas

University of Kansas

The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...

 baseball team from 1954 to 1981. He also managed and played in the minor leagues in the early 1950s.

A third baseman, Temple began his professional career in 1950, playing for the Gladewater Bears of the East Texas League

East Texas League

The East Texas League was a Texas-based league in minor league baseball that existed on-and-off from 1916 to 1950.-1916:In 1916, the first East Texas League began play. A Class-D league, it folded on July 19 of that season. The "league champions," by default, were the Palestine Athletics and Lufkin...

, hitting .167 in 15 games. He played for the Iola Indians of the Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League

Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League

The Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League was a name of an American minor league baseball league which was established in 1946. It existed for seven seasons.-1946:The League and all of its member teams were created...

 in 1951 and 1952, hitting .292 and .295 respectively. Overall, he hit .278 in 110 minor league games. He also managed the Indians for parts of the 1951 and 1952 seasons.

Following his professional career, he became the head coach of the University of Kansas baseball team. He compiled a record of 437-396-7 in his 28 seasons with the team, becoming its winningest head coach ever.

He coached multiple future major league players, including Steve Renko

Steve Renko

Steve Renko, Jr. is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Montreal Expos , Chicago Cubs , Chicago White Sox , Oakland Athletics , Boston Red Sox , California Angels and Kansas City Royals .He helped the Angels win the 1982 American League Western...

, Bob Allison

Bob Allison

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 and Chuck Dobson

Chuck Dobson

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He was inducted into the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.