Career
Stahl was the head coach of the Ohio State baseball team from 1933 to 1938. During this same period Stahl was the backfield coach for the Ohio State football team under head coach Francis Schmidt. He also served as the basketball head coach at Harvard from 1943 to 1946.
Stahl led the Harvard Crimson to their first National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament berth in 1946.
Harvard was defeated in the Elite Eight by Ohio State. Ohio State rehired Stahl the following year as their baseball head coach.
He served as the Buckeyes" baseball coach from 1947 to 1950, finishing his tenure with an overall record of 129–108–1. In 1950 he switched to the basketball program, becoming the head coach for the Ohio State men"s team from 1950 to 1958.
While serving as the Ohio State basketball coach, Stahl was also an associate athletic director
In 1958 Stahl gave up coaching to become Ohio State"s assistant athletic director Stahl returned to coaching in 1966 to lead the Ohio State golf team He was inducted into the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame in 1978.
He died three days before his 97th birthday.