Bill Kern
Bill Kern went 43–36–2 as a head coach, 1937–1947, at Carnegie Tech, West Virginia and Del Monte Pre-Flight. Share
Four seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1937–39 at Carnegie Tech; 1943 at Del Monte Pre-Flight. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 43–36–2 career
- Seasons
- 9
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1947 6–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Carnegie Tech * | 2–5–1 | ||||
| 1938 | Carnegie Tech * | 7–2 | Sugar L | 6 | ||
| 1939 | Carnegie Tech * | 3–5 | ||||
| 1940 | West Virginia | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1941 | West Virginia | 4–6 | ||||
| 1942 | West Virginia | 5–4 | ||||
| 1943 | Del Monte Pre-Flight * | 7–1 | 8 | |||
| 1944–45: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1946 | West Virginia | 5–5 | ||||
| 1947 | West Virginia | 6–4 | ||||
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 ranked teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 9 | 3–5–1 | 39% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 17 | 7–9–1 | 44% |
| At home | 20 | 16–3–1 | 83% |
| On the road | 22 | 3–19 | 14% |
| At neutral sites | 6 | 5–1 | 83% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 24 | 21–2–1 | 90% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 24 | 3–21 | 13% |
His own 48 games on file, 1940–1947, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Higgins 1940–1947 | 1–3 | Penn State | 4 | |
| A.D. Kirwan 1940–1942 | 2–1 | Kentucky | 3 | |
| Charlie Bachman 1940–1942 | 0–3 | Michigan State | 3 |
Bill Kern’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Washington and Leeseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Kentuckyseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Waynesburgseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Penn Stateseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Fordhamseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Michigan Stateseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Otterbeinseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| West Virginia Wesleyanseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Pittsburgh | Assistant coach | |
| 1937–39 | Carnegie Tech | Head coach | |
| 1940–42 | West Virginia | Head coach | |
| 1943 | Del Monte Pre-Flight service team | Head coach | |
| 1946–47 | 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
- Jock SutherlandPittsburgh
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jock Sutherland | Pittsburgh | 1936 | Assistant coach |
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.