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Bill Dole

Bill Dole went 2–⁠16 as a head coach in the games on file: 1952 at Davidson and 1953 at Davidson. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records.

Record
2–⁠16 games on file
Seasons
2
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1952 2–⁠7

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1246 in 1952
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1952Davidson2–⁠7
1953Davidson0–⁠9

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Conference games121–⁠11
Decided by 8 points or fewer31–⁠2
At home71–⁠6
On the road111–⁠10
As our Elo’s favorite42–⁠2
As our Elo’s underdog140–⁠14

His own 18 games on file, 1952–⁠1953, 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.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Richmondseries21–⁠1
Presbyterianseries21–⁠1
Harvardseries20–⁠2
NC Stateseries20–⁠2
Furmanseries20–⁠2
The Citadelseries20–⁠2
Washington and Leeseries20–⁠2
George Washingtonseries20–⁠2