SUTTON, Vt. – Philip H. Soule, 64, of 33 Palmer St, Brunswick., died Sunday, Jan. 15, the result of a fall while visiting friends in Sutton, Vt.

He was born in Bangor on May 7, 1941, a son of William and June Good Soule. He graduated from Deering High School, Northfield Academy and the University of Maine, Class of 1964.

He was married to Maureen Smith in Columbus, Ohio, on Aug. 6, 1994.

He leaves a loving family who will miss him dearly. He was the father of local businessman Travis Soule. He was a dedicated and beloved member of the Bowdoin College community, thanks to his nearly 40-year coaching career at the college. While at the University of Maine, he had a distinguished college football career that included two All-Maine selections as an offensive lineman. As a high school athlete, he set the Maine state record in the shot put at a meet held at Whittier Field in Brunswick.

After teaching English and coaching a variety of sports at Fryeburg Academy, he joined the Bowdoin coaching staff in 1967 and never left.

In addition to coaching the Bowdoin offensive and defensive line for decades, he also had coaching stints in virtually every other sport at the college, including head jobs in wrestling, baseball, and squash. He has also served as an assistant in track and lacrosse, among other sports. In 2004, he was inducted into the Bowdoin College Athletic Hall of Honor along with his father, William ’36 and three brothers; Paul ’66, Morton ’68, and James ’77.

A national champion canoe racer, he also enjoyed hunting and fishing.

He was a volunteer with the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

He is survived by his wife, Maureen, of Brunswick; his parents of Woolwich; his first wife, Joanne, of Portland; a daughter, Kristen Sturtevant and her husband, Adam, of Gorham; three sons, Travis and his wife, Karen, of New Gloucester, William and his wife, Wendy, of South Portland and Morton and his wife, Yvonne, of Portland; three brothers, Paul and his wife, Gail, of Cumberland, Mort and his wife, Margy, of Portland, and Jim and his wife, Lydia, of South Portland; 10 grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins; and his extended family in Ohio.

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