Beattie Feathers
Beattie Feathers went 42–40–4 as a head coach, 1942–1951, at Appalachian State and NC State. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1942 at Appalachian State. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 42–40–4 career
- Seasons
- 9
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1947 5–3–1, No. 17
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Appalachian State * | 5–2–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1943: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1944 | NC State | 7–2 | T–3rd | |||
| 1945 | NC State | 3–6 | 8th | |||
| 1946 | NC State | 8–3 | 3rd | Gator Bowl L | 18 | |
| 1947 | NC State | 5–3–1 | T–6th | 17 | ||
| 1948 | NC State | 3–6–1 | 14th | |||
| 1949 | NC State | 3–7 | 13th | |||
| 1950 | NC State | 5–4–1 | T–9th | |||
| 1951 | NC State | 3–7 | T–12th | |||
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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 11 | 3–7–1 | 32% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Against rivals | 28 | 6–20–2 | 25% |
| Conference games | 56 | 24–29–3 | 46% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 34 | 13–18–3 | 43% |
| At home | 37 | 23–13–1 | 64% |
| On the road | 37 | 13–23–1 | 36% |
| At neutral sites | 4 | 1–2–1 | 38% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 39 | 27–10–2 | 72% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 39 | 10–28–1 | 27% |
His own 78 games on file, 1944–1951, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Howard 1944–1951 | 2–6 | Clemson | 8 | |
| D.C. Walker 1944–1950 | 3–3–1 | Wake Forest | 7 | |
| Rube McCray 1944–1950 | 2–3 | William & Mary | 5 | |
| Jim Tatum 1946–1951 | 1–3–1 | Oklahoma, Maryland | 5 | |
| Wallace Wade 1946–1950 | 1–3–1 | Duke | 5 | |
| Carl Snavely 1947–1951 | 0–5 | North Carolina | 5 | |
| Arthur Guepe 1946–1948 | 2–1 | Virginia | 3 |
Beattie Feathers’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wake Forestseries | 8 | 3–4–1 |
| Clemsonseries | 8 | 2–6 |
| Dukeseries | 7 | 1–5–1 |
| Davidsonseries | 6 | 5–1 |
| William & Maryseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Virginia Techseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Virginiaseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Marylandseries | 5 | 2–2–1 |
Also a player: Beattie Feathers’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Appalachian State | Head coach | |
| 1944–51 | NC State | Head coach | |
| 1945 | NC State | Head coach | |
| 1954–60 | Texas Tech | Assistant coach | |
| 1954–60 | Texas Tech | Head coach | |
| 1961–77 | Wake Forest | Assistant coach baseball | |
| 1972–75 | Wake Forest | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- DeWitt WeaverTexas Tech
- Billy HildebrandWake Forest
- William TateWake Forest
- Cal StollWake Forest
- Tom HarperWake Forest
- Chuck MillsWake Forest
Assistants who became head coaches
- Darrell RoyalMississippi State, Washington, Texas, Edmonton Eskimos
- Wade WalkerMississippi State
- Horace HendricksonNC State, Elon
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeWitt Weaver | Texas Tech | 1954–60 | Assistant coach | |
| Billy Hildebrand | Wake Forest | 1961–63 | Assistant coach baseball | |
| William Tate | Wake Forest | 1964–68 | Assistant coach baseball | |
| Cal Stoll | Wake Forest | 1969–71 | Assistant coach baseball | |
| Tom Harper | Wake Forest | 1972 | Assistant coach baseball | |
| Chuck Mills | Wake Forest | 1973–77 | Assistant coach baseball |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Royal | NC State, 1950: assistant coach | Mississippi State, Washington, Texas, Edmonton Eskimos | |
| Wade Walker | NC State, 1950: assistant coach | Mississippi State | |
| Horace Hendrickson | NC State, 1951: backfield coach | NC State, Elon |
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.