Roy McConaughey suited up for the George Fox football team for four years, playing on both sides of the ball as an offensive and defensive lineman, most typically at the tackle position. His play caught the attention of Oregon College Conference coaches, who named him honorable mention in 1965 despite the fact George Fox was considerably smaller in size compared to its conference opponents, which included Southern Oregon, Eastern Oregon, Oregon College of Education, and Oregon Tech. He is one of only four players to play all four years for the Bruins between 1962 and 1965, and he served as a team captain.
After graduating with a degree in psychology/sociology, McConaughey lived for a time in Idaho, where he taught and coached baseball and football at Wilder High School, later working his way up to the athletic director position. A move back to Oregon followed, where he added a bachelor’s degree in elementary education at Portland State and taught sixth grade in Hillsboro for six years. McConaughey’s passion for young people led him to start summer outdoor camps for youth, both in Oregon and in Wichita, Kansas, and he went on to pastor in the Midwest, in Spokane, Washington, and his hometown of Boise, Idaho. Â
Ultimately, he returned to Oregon with his wife in 2008, where he finished his career as an elementary and middle school principal at a private school in Newberg. The McConaugheys live in the Friendsview Retirement Community and have been season ticket holders of Bruin football since the program’s relaunch in 2014. Their grandchildren are fourth-generation attendees of George Fox.
