Art Lewis
Art Lewis went 69–55–2 as a head coach, 1946–1959, at Washington and Lee and West Virginia. Share
- Record
- 69–55–2 career
- Seasons
- 13
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 1 season
- Best season
- 1953 8–2, No. 10
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Washington and Lee | 2–6 | T–13th | |||
| 1947 | Washington and Lee | 5–5 | 5th | |||
| 1948 | Washington and Lee | 4–6 | T–8th | |||
| 1949: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1950 | West Virginia | 2–8 | 14th | |||
| 1951 | West Virginia | 5–5 | 9th | |||
| 1952 | West Virginia | 7–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1953 | West Virginia | 8–2 | 1st | Sugar Bowl L | 10 | |
| 1954 | West Virginia | 8–1 | 1st | 12 | ||
| 1955 | West Virginia | 8–2 | 1st | 19 | ||
| 1956 | West Virginia | 6–4 | 1st | |||
| 1957 | West Virginia | 7–2–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1958 | West Virginia | 4–5–1 | 1st | |||
| 1959 | West Virginia | 3–7 | 6th | |||
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.
Players he coached
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Bruce BosleyConsensus All‑American, 1955
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 ranked teams | 23 | 6–17 | 26% |
| Against top-10 teams | 13 | 1–12 | 8% |
| Against rivals | 33 | 12–20–1 | 38% |
| Conference games | 56 | 39–17 | 70% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 44 | 21–21–2 | 50% |
| At home | 57 | 34–21–2 | 61% |
| On the road | 56 | 29–27 | 52% |
| At neutral sites | 13 | 6–7 | 46% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 72 | 54–16–2 | 76% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 54 | 15–39 | 28% |
His own 126 games on file, 1946–1959, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Engle 1950–1959 | 3–6–1 | Penn State | 10 | |
| Edwin Merrick 1951–1959 | 5–0 | Richmond | 5 | |
| Frank Moseley 1952–1959 | 4–1 | Virginia Tech | 5 | |
| John Michelosen 1955–1959 | 2–3 | Pittsburgh | 5 | |
| Ben Schwartzwalder 1955–1959 | 1–4 | Syracuse | 5 | |
| John McKenna 1953–1956 | 4–0 | VMI | 4 | |
| Rex Enright 1951–1954 | 2–2 | South Carolina | 4 | |
| Jack Freeman 1954–1956 | 3–0 | William & Mary | 3 | |
| Arthur Guepe 1947–1950 | 0–3 | Virginia | 3 |
Art Lewis’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 |
|---|---|---|
| George Washingtonseries | 10 | 9–1 |
| Pittsburghseries | 10 | 4–6 |
| Penn Stateseries | 10 | 3–6–1 |
| Richmondseries | 9 | 7–2 |
| Virginia Techseries | 8 | 5–3 |
| William & Maryseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| VMIseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Syracuseseries | 5 | 1–4 |
Also a player: Art Lewis’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Ohio Wesleyan | Assistant coach | |
| 1938 | Cleveland Rams NFL | Interim head coach | |
| 1946–48 | Washington and Lee | Head coach | |
| 1949 | Mississippi State | Line coach | |
| 1950–59 | West Virginia | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Slick MortonMississippi State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Gene CorumWest Virginia
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slick Morton | Mississippi State | 1949 | Line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Corum | West Virginia, 1950–59: ends coach | West Virginia |
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.