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Billy Kinard
Billy Kinard went 20–14–1 as a head coach, 1971–1978, at Ole Miss and Gardner-Webb. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1978 at Gardner-Webb. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 20–14–1 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1971 10–2, No. 15
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Ole Miss | 10–2 | T–4th | Peach Bowl W | 15 | |
| 1972 | Ole Miss | 5–5 | T–7th | |||
| 1973 | Ole Miss coached three of 11 games | 1–2 | ||||
| 1974–77: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1978 | Gardner-Webb * | 4–5–1 | T–5th | |||
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 | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 11 | 7–4 | 64% |
| Conference games | 13 | 6–7 | 46% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 8 | 4–4 | 50% |
| At home | 13 | 8–5 | 62% |
| On the road | 11 | 7–4 | 64% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 20 | 14–6 | 70% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
His own 25 games on file, 1971–1973, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Memphisseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Southern Missseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| LSUseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Georgiaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Georgia Techseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Kentuckyseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Also a player: Billy Kinard’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Mainland HS (FL) high school | Head coach | |
| 1961–63 | Auburn | Assistant coach | |
| 1964–66 | Florida | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1967–69 | Georgia | Assistant coach | |
| 1970 | Arkansas | Assistant coach | |
| 1971–73 | Ole Miss | Head coach | |
| 1974–75 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1976–77 | Cleveland Browns NFL | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1978 | Gardner-Webb | Head coach | |
| 1979–80 | New England Patriots NFL | Defensive backs coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Ralph JordanAuburn
- Ray GravesFlorida
- Vince DooleyGeorgia
- Frank BroylesArkansas
- Dan DevineGreen Bay Packers
- Forrest GreggCleveland Browns
Assistants who became head coaches
- Ken CooperOle Miss
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Jordan | Auburn | 1961–63 | Assistant coach | |
| Ray Graves | Florida | 1964–66 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Vince Dooley | Georgia | 1967–69 | Assistant coach | |
| Frank Broyles | Arkansas | 1970 | Assistant coach | |
| Dan Devine | Green Bay Packers NFL | 1974 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Forrest Gregg | Cleveland Browns NFL | 1976–77 | Defensive backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Cooper | Ole Miss, 1971–73: assistant coach | Ole Miss |
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.