Art Hillebrand
Art Hillebrand went 35–15–2 as a head coach in the games on file: 1901 at Navy, 1902 at Navy, 1903 at Princeton, 1904 at Princeton and 1905 at Princeton. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. His 1903 Princeton team claims the national title. Share
- Record
- 35–15–2 games on file
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 2
- National titles
- 1 claimed: 1903
- Best season
- 1903 11–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Navy | 6–4–1 | ||
| 1902 | Navy | 2–7–1 | ||
| 1903 | Princeton | 11–0 | ||
| 1904 | Princeton | 8–2 | ||
| 1905 | Princeton | 8–2 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Howard HenryConsensus All‑American, 1903- Dana KaferConsensus All‑American, 1903
- James CooneyConsensus All‑American, 1904
- James B. McCormickConsensus All‑American, 1905
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 20 | 9–9–2 | 50% |
| At home | 43 | 30–11–2 | 72% |
| On the road | 7 | 5–2 | 71% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 43 | 31–10–2 | 74% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 9 | 4–5 | 44% |
His own 52 games on file, 1901–1905, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop Warner 1901–1905 | 4–0 | Carlisle, Cornell | 4 | |
| Samuel Newton 1902–1905 | 3–0–1 | Lehigh | 4 | |
| Alfred E. Bull 1903–1905 | 3–0 | Lafayette | 3 | |
| George W. Hoskins 1902–1905 | 2–1 | Bucknell | 3 |
Art Hillebrand’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lehighseries | 5 | 4–0–1 |
| Georgetownseries | 5 | 3–1–1 |
| Lafayetteseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Yaleseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Cornellseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Washington & Jeffersonseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Bucknellseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Dickinsonseries | 3 | 2–1 |
Also a player: Art Hillebrand’s playing career.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Paul DashiellNavy
- Johnny PoeVirginia, Navy
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Dashiell | Navy, 1901–02: assistant coach | Navy | |
| Johnny Poe | Princeton, 1903: assistant coach | Virginia, Navy |
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.