Carl Selmer
Carl Selmer went 5–16 as a head coach, 1975–1976, at Miami. Share
- Record
- 5–16 career
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1976 3–8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Miami | 2–8 | ||||
| 1976 | Miami | 3–8 |
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
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 | 8 | 0–8 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 6 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
| At home | 11 | 4–7 | 36% |
| On the road | 9 | 1–8 | 11% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 17 | 2–15 | 12% |
His own 21 games on file, 1975–1976, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Boston Collegeseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Houstonseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Coloradoseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Floridaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Notre Dameseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Nebraskaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| TCUseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948–56 | Worland HS (WY) high school | Head coach | |
| 1957–61 | Wyoming | Assistant coach | |
| 1962–71 | Nebraska | Assistant coach | |
| 1972–74 | Miami (FL) | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1975–76 | Miami (FL) | Head coach | |
| 1977 | North Texas State | Offensive line coach | |
| 1978–80 | Kansas State | Offensive line coach | |
| 1981 | BC Lions CFL | Offensive line coach | |
| 1982–85 | Notre Dame | Offensive line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bob DevaneyWyoming, Nebraska
- Fran CurciMiami
- Pete ElliottMiami
- Hayden FryNorth Texas
- Jim DickeyKansas State
- Gerry FaustNotre Dame
Assistants who became head coaches
- Jim WaldenWashington State, Iowa State
- Mike ArcherLSU
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Devaney | Wyoming | 1957–61 | Assistant coach | |
| Bob Devaney | Nebraska | 1962–71 | Assistant coach | |
| Fran Curci | Miami | 1972 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Pete Elliott | Miami | 1973–74 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Hayden Fry | North Texas | 1977 | Offensive line coach | |
| Jim Dickey | Kansas State | 1978–80 | Offensive line coach | |
| Gerry Faust | Notre Dame | 1982–85 | Offensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Walden | Miami, 1975–76: defensive coordinator | Washington State, Iowa State | |
| Mike Archer | Miami, 1976: graduate assistant | LSU |
Other assistants under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Pat Ruel | Miami, 1975–76: offensive line graduate assistant |
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.