Bill Oliver
Bill Oliver went 31–17–1 as a head coach, 1980–1998, at Chattanooga and Auburn. Share
Three seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1982–83 at Chattanooga (on file under another coach); 1998 at Auburn. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 31–17–1 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1980 8–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Chattanooga | 8–3 | 2nd | |||
| 1981 | Chattanooga | 7–3–1 | T–4th | |||
| 1982 | Chattanooga * | 7–4 | 2nd | 17 | ||
| 1983 | Chattanooga * | 7–4 | 3rd | |||
| 1984–97: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1998 | Auburn * | 2–3 | 6th (Western) | |||
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 | 4 | 4–0 | 100% |
| Conference games | 13 | 8–4–1 | 65% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 8 | 6–1–1 | 81% |
| At home | 10 | 8–1–1 | 85% |
| On the road | 12 | 7–5 | 58% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 20 | 14–5–1 | 73% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
His own 22 games on file, 1980–1981, 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
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Marshallseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| East Tennessee Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Middle Tennesseeseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Furmanseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| App Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Western Carolinaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 2 | 0–2 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Alabama’s 1992 staff (secondary) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966–70 | Auburn | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1971–79 | Alabama | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1980–83 | Chattanooga | Head coach | |
| 1984–85 | Memphis Showboats USFL | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1986–88 | Clemson | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1989 | Clemson | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 1990–92 | Alabama | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1993–95 | Alabama | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1996–98 | Auburn | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1998 | Auburn | Interim head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Ralph JordanAuburn
- Bear BryantAlabama
- Pepper RodgersMemphis Showboats
- Danny FordClemson
- Gene StallingsAlabama
- Terry BowdenAuburn
- Bill OliverAuburn
Assistants who became head coaches
- Mike DuBoseAlabama, Millsaps
- Russ HuesmanChattanooga, Richmond
- David CulleyHouston Texans
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Jordan | Auburn | 1966–70 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Bear Bryant | Alabama | 1971–79 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Pepper Rodgers | Memphis Showboats pro | 1984–85 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Danny Ford | Clemson | 1986–89 | 1986–88: defensive backs coach; 1989: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Gene Stallings | Alabama | 1990–95 | 1990–92: defensive backs coach; 1993–95: defensive coordinator | |
| Terry Bowden | Auburn | 1996–98 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Bill Oliver | Auburn | 1998 | Defensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike DuBose | Chattanooga, 1980–81: defensive line coach | Alabama, Millsaps | |
| Russ Huesman | Chattanooga, 1982: student assistant | Chattanooga, Richmond | |
| David Culley | Chattanooga, 1983: wide receivers coach | Houston Texans |
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.