Bus Mertes
Bus Mertes went 1–4 as a head coach in the games on file: 1961 at Drake and 1962 at Drake. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record two seasons differently (1961, 5–4 and 1962, 8–2); by them his record is 13–6. Share
- Record
- 1–4 games on file
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1962 1–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Drake | 0–3 (Wikipedia: 5–4) | ||
| 1962 | Drake | 1–1 (Wikipedia: 8–2) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| At home | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| On the road | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
His own five games on file, 1961–1962, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wichita Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| North Texasseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Ellis RainsbergerKansas State, Washburn, Southern Illinois, Pittsburgh Maulers
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis Rainsberger | Drake, 1961: assistant coach | Kansas State, Washburn, Southern Illinois, Pittsburgh Maulers |
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.