Hanley Hayes Painter (August 28, 1924 – November 16, 2001) was an American football and baseball coach, college athletics administrator, and educator.
Painter was also the head baseball coach at Lenoir–Rhyne from 1957 to 1961, the school's athletic director from 1961 to 1982, and a professor of health and education.
[1] 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.
[1] After the war, Painter played college football at Lenoir–Rhyne as a tackle and fullback from 1946 to 1949 under Clarence Stasavich.