Carl Voyles
Carl Voyles went 58–40–3 as a head coach, 1922–1947, at Southwestern State, William & Mary and Auburn. Share
Three seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1922–24 at Southwestern State. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 58–40–3 career
- Seasons
- 11
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1942 9–1–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | Southwestern State * | 5–4 | 6th | |||
| 1923 | Southwestern State * | 4–4 | 4th | |||
| 1924 | Southwestern State * | 5–3 | 4th | |||
| 1925–38: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1939 | William & Mary | 6–2–1 | T–3rd | |||
| 1940 | William & Mary | 6–2–1 | 4th | |||
| 1941 | William & Mary | 8–2 | 4th | |||
| 1942 | William & Mary | 9–1–1 | 1st | 14 | ||
| 1943: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1944 | Auburn | 4–4 | 11th | |||
| 1945 | Auburn | 5–5 | T–7th | |||
| 1946 | Auburn | 4–6 | 10th | |||
| 1947 | Auburn | 2–7 | 11th | |||
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 ranked teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 28 | 11–16–1 | 41% |
| Conference games | 37 | 16–19–2 | 46% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 19 | 11–5–3 | 66% |
| At home | 34 | 25–9 | 74% |
| On the road | 33 | 16–15–2 | 52% |
| At neutral sites | 9 | 3–5–1 | 39% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 47 | 40–6–1 | 86% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 29 | 4–23–2 | 17% |
His own 76 games on file, 1939–1947, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allyn McKeen 1944–1947 | 0–4 | Mississippi State | 4 | |
| Wallace Butts 1944–1947 | 0–4 | Georgia | 4 | |
| Glenn Thistlethwaite 1939–1941 | 3–0 | Richmond | 3 | |
| Swede Larson 1939–1941 | 0–3 | Navy | 3 | |
| Bobby Dodd 1945–1947 | 0–3 | Georgia Tech | 3 |
Carl Voyles’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Richmondseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Hampden Sydneyseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Randolph Maconseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Virginia Techseries | 4 | 3–0–1 |
| Navyseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Tulaneseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Georgia Techseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Georgiaseries | 4 | 0–4 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922–24 | Southwestern State (OK) | Head coach | |
| 1925–30 | Illinois | Assistant coach | |
| 1931–38 | Duke | Ends coach | |
| 1939–43 | William & Mary | Head coach | |
| 1944–47 | Auburn | Head coach | |
| 1948 | Brooklyn Dodgers NFL | Head coach | |
| 1950–55 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats Canadian football | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Robert ZuppkeIllinois
- Wallace WadeDuke
Assistants who became head coaches
- Ralph JordanAuburn
- John BridgersBaylor, Johns Hopkins
- Horace HendricksonNC State, Elon
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Zuppke | Illinois | 1925–30 | Assistant coach | |
| Wallace Wade | Duke | 1931–38 | Ends coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Jordan | Auburn, 1945: assistant coach | Auburn | |
| John Bridgers | Auburn, 1946: graduate assistant | Baylor, Johns Hopkins | |
| Horace Hendrickson | Brooklyn Dodgers, 1948: backfield coach | NC State, Elon |
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.