C.R. Williams
C.R. Williams went 51–29–7 as a head coach, 1902–1926, at South Carolina, Davidson, Clemson and Virginia Tech. Share
Nine seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1902 at South Carolina (on file under another coach); 1904–05 at Davidson; 1906, 1909, 1913–15, 1926 at Clemson. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 51–29–7 career
- Seasons
- 11
- Schools
- 4
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1903 8–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | South Carolina * | 6–1 | ||||
| 1903 | South Carolina | 8–2 | ||||
| 1904 | Davidson * | 6–1–1 | ||||
| 1905 | Davidson * | 3–4 | ||||
| 1906 | Clemson * | 4–0–3 | T–1st | |||
| 1907 | Virginia Tech | 7–2 | ||||
| 1908: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1909 | Clemson * | 6–3 | ||||
| 1910–12: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1913 | Clemson * | 4–4 | ||||
| 1914 | Clemson * | 5–3–1 | ||||
| 1915 | Clemson * | 2–4–2 | ||||
| 1916–25: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1926 | Clemson * | 0–5 | 18th | |||
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 rivals | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| At home | 14 | 12–2 | 86% |
| On the road | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 17 | 14–3 | 82% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
His own 19 games on file, 1903–1907, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolinaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Davidsonseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Georgetownseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Georgia Techseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Georgiaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Hampden Sydneyseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Guilfordseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Tennesseeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902–03 | South Carolina | Head coach | |
| 1904–05 | Davidson | Head coach | |
| 1906 | Clemson | Head coach | |
| 1907 | VPI | Head coach | |
| 1908 | Virginia | Assistant coach | |
| 1909 | Clemson | Head coach | |
| 1913–15 | Clemson | Head coach | |
| 1926 | Clemson | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- M.T. CookeVirginia
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.T. Cooke | Virginia | 1908 | Assistant coach |
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.