Charles Bates
Charles Bates went 3–3–1 as a head coach in the games on file: 1977 at Southern. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 3–3–1 games on file
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1977 3–7–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Southern coached seven of 11 games | 3–3–1 |
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 | 2 | 0–1–1 | 25% |
| Conference games | 5 | 1–3–1 | 30% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 1–0–1 | 75% |
| At home | 3 | 1–1–1 | 50% |
| On the road | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 6 | 3–2–1 | 58% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
His own seven games on file, 1977, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prairie View A&Mseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Tuskegeeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Bishopseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Alcorn Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Jackson Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Mississippi Valley Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Texas Southernseries | 1 | 0–0–1 |