Bill Reid
Bill Reid went 30–3–1 as a head coach in the games on file: 1901 at Harvard, 1905 at Harvard and 1906 at Harvard. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 30–3–1 games on file
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1901 12–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Harvard | 12–0 | ||
| 1902–04: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1905 | Harvard | 8–2–1 | ||
| 1906 | Harvard | 10–1 | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Charles A. BarnardConsensus All‑American, 1901- Crawford BlagdenConsensus All‑American, 1901
- Karl BrillConsensus All‑American, 1905
- Thomas GraydonConsensus All‑American, 1901
- Charles OsborneConsensus All‑American, 1906
- Daniel HurleyConsensus All‑American, 1905
- Beaton SquiresConsensus All‑American, 1905
- William George LeeConsensus All‑American, 1901
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 8 | 4–3–1 | 56% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 10 | 6–3–1 | 65% |
| At home | 28 | 26–1–1 | 95% |
| On the road | 6 | 4–2 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 30 | 29–0–1 | 98% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
His own 34 games on file, 1901–1906, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Robinson 1901–1906 | 3–0 | Brown | 3 |
Bill Reid’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Batesseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Brownseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Bowdoinseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Armyseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Williamsseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Carlisleseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Dartmouthseries | 3 | 2–0–1 |
| Yaleseries | 3 | 1–2 |
Also a player: Bill Reid’s playing career.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Oliver CuttsPurdue, Washington, Bates
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Cutts | Harvard, 1906: assistant coach | Purdue, Washington, Bates |
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.