Billy Hildebrand
Billy Hildebrand went 10–38 as a head coach, 1951–1963, at Whitworth and Wake Forest. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1951 at Whitworth. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 10–38 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1961 4–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Whitworth * | 3–5 | T–3rd | |||
| 1952–59: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1960 | Wake Forest | 2–8 | T–6th | |||
| 1961 | Wake Forest | 4–6 | T–5th | |||
| 1962 | Wake Forest | 0–10 | 8th | |||
| 1963 | Wake Forest | 1–9 | 7th | |||
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.
Players he coached
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 ranked teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 12 | 2–10 | 17% |
| Conference games | 27 | 6–21 | 22% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 13 | 6–7 | 46% |
| At home | 16 | 4–12 | 25% |
| On the road | 24 | 3–21 | 13% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 8 | 4–4 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 32 | 3–29 | 9% |
His own 40 games on file, 1960–1963, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Hickey 1960–1963 | 2–2 | North Carolina | 4 | |
| Frank Howard 1960–1963 | 1–3 | Clemson | 4 | |
| Bill Murray 1960–1963 | 0–4 | Duke | 4 | |
| Earle Edwards 1960–1963 | 0–4 | NC State | 4 | |
| Thomas Nugent 1960–1963 | 0–4 | Maryland | 4 | |
| Jerry Claiborne 1961–1963 | 1–2 | Virginia Tech | 3 | |
| Marvin Bass 1961–1963 | 1–2 | South Carolina | 3 | |
| Paul Dietzel 1960–1963 | 0–3 | LSU, Army | 3 |
Billy Hildebrand’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 |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolinaseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Clemsonseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Virginia Techseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| South Carolinaseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Marylandseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Dukeseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| NC Stateseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Virginiaseries | 3 | 2–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947–48 | Mississippi State | Ends coach | |
| 1949 | Purdue | Assistant coach | |
| 1950 | Tennessee | Assistant freshmen | |
| 1951 | Whitworth | Head coach | |
| 1952–53 | Mississippi State | Freshman coach | |
| 1954–55 | Minnesota | Line coach | |
| 1956–59 | Wake Forest | Line coach | |
| 1960–63 | Wake Forest | Head coach | |
| 1966 | BC Lions CFL | Assistant coach | |
| 1967–68 | Mississippi State | Defensive coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Allyn McKeenMississippi State
- Stuart HolcombPurdue
- Bob NeylandTennessee
- Murray WarmathMississippi State, Minnesota
- Paul AmenWake Forest
- Charles ShiraMississippi State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Cecil IngramClemson
- Beattie FeathersNC State, App State, Texas Tech, Wake Forest
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allyn McKeen | Mississippi State | 1947–48 | Ends coach | |
| Stuart Holcomb | Purdue | 1949 | Assistant coach | |
| Bob Neyland | Tennessee | 1950 | Assistant freshmen | |
| Murray Warmath | Mississippi State | 1952–53 | Freshman coach | |
| Murray Warmath | Minnesota | 1954–55 | Line coach | |
| Paul Amen | Wake Forest | 1956–59 | Line coach | |
| Charles Shira | Mississippi State | 1967–68 | Defensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Ingram | Wake Forest, 1960: defensive backs coach | Clemson | |
| Beattie Feathers | Wake Forest, 1961–63: assistant coach baseball | NC State, App State, Texas Tech, Wake Forest |
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.