Blanton Collier
Blanton Collier went 41–36–3 as a head coach, 1954–1961, at Kentucky. Share
- Record
- 41–36–3 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1954 7–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Kentucky | 7–3 | T–3rd | |||
| 1955 | Kentucky | 6–3–1 | T–7th | |||
| 1956 | Kentucky | 6–4 | 6th | |||
| 1957 | Kentucky | 3–7 | 12th | |||
| 1958 | Kentucky | 5–4–1 | T–6th | |||
| 1959 | Kentucky | 4–6 | 10th | |||
| 1960 | Kentucky | 5–4–1 | 9th | |||
| 1961 | Kentucky | 5–5 | 8th |
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.
Players he coached
Irv GoodeNo. 12 pick, 1962
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 | 19 | 3–16 | 16% |
| Against top-10 teams | 12 | 0–12 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 20 | 11–7–2 | 60% |
| Conference games | 58 | 21–34–3 | 39% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 28 | 12–13–3 | 48% |
| At home | 49 | 30–17–2 | 63% |
| On the road | 27 | 11–15–1 | 43% |
| At neutral sites | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 37 | 27–9–1 | 74% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 43 | 14–27–2 | 35% |
His own 80 games on file, 1954–1961, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Guepe 1954–1961 | 4–3–1 | Vanderbilt | 8 | |
| Ralph Jordan 1954–1961 | 2–5–1 | Auburn | 8 | |
| John Vaught 1954–1961 | 1–7 | Ole Miss | 8 | |
| Bowden Wyatt 1955–1961 | 4–2–1 | Tennessee | 7 | |
| Paul Dietzel 1955–1961 | 2–5 | LSU | 7 | |
| Bobby Dodd 1954–1960 | 2–4 | Georgia Tech | 6 | |
| Wallace Butts 1956–1960 | 1–4 | Georgia | 5 | |
| Bob Woodruff 1954–1957 | 2–2 | Florida | 4 | |
| Edward Doherty 1959–1961 | 3–0 | Xavier | 3 |
Blanton Collier’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tennesseeseries | 8 | 5–2–1 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 8 | 4–3–1 |
| LSUseries | 8 | 3–5 |
| Auburnseries | 8 | 2–5–1 |
| Ole Missseries | 8 | 1–7 |
| Xavierseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| Georgia Techseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Georgiaseries | 6 | 1–5 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928–43 | Paris HS (KY) high school | Head coach | |
| 1944–45 | Great Lakes Navy | Assistant coach | |
| 1946–53 | Cleveland Browns NFL | Assistant coach | |
| 1954–61 | Kentucky | Head coach | |
| 1962 | Cleveland Browns NFL | Assistant coach | |
| 1963–70 | Cleveland Browns NFL | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Paul BrownGreat Lakes Navy, Cleveland Browns
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bill ArnspargerLSU, New York Giants
- Charley BradshawKentucky, Troy
- Tom HarperWake Forest
- Charlie SnyderMarshall
- Howard SchnellenbergerMiami, Louisville, Oklahoma, Florida Atlantic, Baltimore Colts
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Brown | Great Lakes Navy | 1944–45 | Assistant coach | |
| Paul Brown | Cleveland Browns NFL | 1946–62 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Arnsparger | Kentucky, 1954–61: defensive line coach | LSU, New York Giants | |
| Charley Bradshaw | Kentucky, 1954–58: assistant coach | Kentucky, Troy | |
| Tom Harper | Kentucky, 1954: graduate assistant | Wake Forest | |
| Charlie Snyder | Kentucky, 1958: offensive backs coach | Marshall | |
| Howard Schnellenberger | Kentucky, 1959–60: wide receivers and tight ends coach | Miami, Louisville, Oklahoma, Florida Atlantic, Baltimore Colts |
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.