Hanley Hayes Painter (August 28, 1924 â November 16, 2001) was an American football and baseball coach, college athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach at LenoirâÂÂRhyne CollegeâÂÂnow known as LenoirâÂÂRhyne UniversityâÂÂin Hickory, North Carolina from 1962 to 1973, compiling a career college football of 66âÂÂ43âÂÂ2. He led the LenoirâÂÂRhyne Bears to five Carolinas Conference titles and an appearance in the NAIA Football National Championship title game in 1962. Painter was also the head baseball coach at LenoirâÂÂRhyne from 1957 to 1961, the school's athletic director from 1961 to 1982, and a professor of health and education.
Painter was born on August 28, 1924, in Goodwater, Alabama. He moved with his family as a youth to Bryson City, North Carolina, where he attended high school. During World War II, Painter served with the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific theater, where he was wounded at the Battle of Saipan and the Battle of Iwo Jima.
After the war, Painter played college football at LenoirâÂÂRhyne as a tackle and fullback from 1946 to 1949 under Clarence Stasavich.
After graduating from LenoirâÂÂRhyne in 1950, Painter spent four years as the football coach at Taylorsville High School in Taylorsville, North Carolina, tallying a mark of 23âÂÂ16. He returned to LenoirâÂÂRhyne in 1954 as ends coach under Stasavich and was promoted to line coach and first assistant the next year. He succeeded Stasavich as head football coach following the 1961 season.
Painter resigned as LenoirâÂÂRhyne's athletic director in 1982. He died on November 16, 2001.