Alpha Jamison
Alpha Jamison went 11–11–1 as a head coach, 1898–1900, at Purdue. Share
- Record
- 11–11–1 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1899 4–4–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | Purdue | 3–3 | 6th | |||
| 1899 | Purdue | 4–4–1 | 5th | |||
| 1900 | Purdue | 4–4 | 9th |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 9 | 2–6–1 | 28% |
| Conference games | 8 | 1–7 | 13% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 6 | 3–2–1 | 58% |
| At home | 13 | 9–3–1 | 73% |
| On the road | 10 | 2–8 | 20% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 13 | 10–3 | 77% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 10 | 1–8–1 | 15% |
His own 23 games on file, 1898–1900, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Horne 1898–1900 | 1–2 | Indiana | 3 | |
| Amos Alonzo Stagg 1898–1900 | 0–3 | Chicago | 3 |
Alpha Jamison’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Indianaseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Chicagoseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| DePauwseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Earlhamseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Haskellseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Illinoisseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Purdue Alumniseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Oberlinseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Purdue 1896
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1898–1900 | Purdue | Head coach | |
| 1901 | Purdue | Head or assistant |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- D.M. BallietPurdue
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.M. Balliet | Purdue | 1901 | Head or assistant |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.