Bill Hollenback
Bill Hollenback went 46–19–8 as a head coach, 1909–1916, at Penn State, Missouri, Pennsylvania Military and Syracuse. Share
Three seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1912, 1915 at Pennsylvania Military; 1916 at Syracuse. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 46–19–8 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 4
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1912 8–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Penn State | 5–0–2 | ||||
| 1910 | Missouri | 4–2–2 | 3rd | |||
| 1911 | Penn State | 8–0–1 | ||||
| 1912 | Penn State | 8–0 | ||||
| 1912 | Pennsylvania Military * | 5–1–2 | ||||
| 1913 | Penn State | 2–6 | ||||
| 1914 | Penn State | 5–3–1 | ||||
| 1915 | Pennsylvania Military * | 4–3 | ||||
| 1916 | Syracuse * | 5–4 |
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 rivals | 11 | 6–4–1 | 59% |
| Conference games | 3 | 1–1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 17 | 6–5–6 | 53% |
| At home | 28 | 22–3–3 | 84% |
| On the road | 21 | 10–8–3 | 55% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 37 | 29–6–2 | 81% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 12 | 3–5–4 | 42% |
His own 49 games on file, 1909–1914, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Thompson 1909–1912 | 3–0 | Pittsburgh | 3 |
Bill Hollenback’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburghseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Gettysburgseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Pennsylvaniaseries | 4 | 2–1–1 |
| Cornellseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Villanovaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Carnegie Mellonseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Genevaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Washington & Jeffersonseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Also a player: Bill Hollenback’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Penn State | Head coach | |
| 1910 | Missouri | Head coach | |
| 1911–14 | Penn State | Head coach | |
| 1912 | Pennsylvania Military | Head coach | |
| 1915 | Pennsylvania Military | Head coach | |
| 1916 | Syracuse | Head coach | |
| 1919 | Penn | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Pop GoldenPenn State
- Dick HarlowPenn State, Colgate, Harvard, McDaniel
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pop Golden | Penn State, 1909: assistant coach | Penn State | |
| Dick Harlow | Penn State, 1912–14: assistant coach | Penn State, Colgate, Harvard, McDaniel |
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.