Branch Bocock
Branch Bocock went 77–53–8 as a head coach, 1908–1938, at Georgia, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, LSU, South Carolina and William & Mary. Wikipedia’s season articles record four seasons differently (1928, 6–3–2, 1929, 8–2, 1930, 7–2–1 and 1938, 2–7); by them his record is 97–55–9. Share
- Record
- 77–53–8 career
- Seasons
- 18
- Schools
- 6
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1909 6–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Georgia | 5–2–1 | ||
| 1909 | Virginia Tech | 6–1 | ||
| 1910 | Virginia Tech | 6–2 | ||
| 1911 | North Carolina | 6–1–1 | ||
| 1912 | Virginia Tech | 5–4 | ||
| 1913 | Virginia Tech | 7–1–1 | ||
| 1914 | Virginia Tech | 6–2–1 | ||
| 1915 | Virginia Tech | 4–4 | ||
| 1916–19: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1920 | LSU | 5–3–1 | ||
| 1921 | LSU | 6–1–1 | ||
| 1922–24: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1925 | South Carolina | 7–3 | ||
| 1926 | South Carolina | 6–4 | ||
| 1927: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1928 | William & Mary | 0–1–1 (Wikipedia: 6–3–2) | ||
| 1929 | William & Mary | 0–2 (Wikipedia: 8–2) | ||
| 1930 | William & Mary | 0–2–1 (Wikipedia: 7–2–1) | ||
| 1931–35: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1936 | William & Mary | 1–8 | ||
| 1937 | William & Mary | 4–5 | ||
| 1938 | William & Mary | 3–7 (Wikipedia: 2–7) | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 37 | 14–19–4 | 43% |
| Conference games | 37 | 12–23–2 | 35% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 45 | 16–21–8 | 44% |
| At home | 85 | 67–13–5 | 82% |
| On the road | 48 | 9–36–3 | 22% |
| At neutral sites | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 88 | 68–15–5 | 80% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 50 | 9–38–3 | 21% |
His own 138 games on file, 1908–1938, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Tebell 1925–1936 | 2–1 | NC State, Virginia | 3 | |
| Henry Redd 1936–1938 | 1–2 | Virginia Tech | 3 | |
| Glenn Thistlethwaite 1936–1938 | 0–3 | Richmond | 3 |
Branch Bocock’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Washington and Leeseries | 10 | 3–7 |
| Hampden Sydneyseries | 8 | 7–1 |
| Virginia Techseries | 8 | 2–5–1 |
| Navyseries | 7 | 0–7 |
| North Carolinaseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| VMIseries | 6 | 2–3–1 |
| NC Stateseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Roanokeseries | 5 | 3–1–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Otis DouglasArkansas, Akron, Drexel
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Douglas | William & Mary, 1936–38: line coach | Arkansas, Akron, Drexel |
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.