Charles Best
Charles Best went 24–13–3 as a head coach, 1900–1918, at Drake, Purdue and Sewanee. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1917–18 at Sewanee. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 24–13–3 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1902 7–2–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Drake | 6–3 | ||||
| 1901 | Drake | 4–4 | ||||
| 1902 | Purdue | 7–2–1 | 5th | |||
| 1903–16: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1917 | Sewanee * | 4–2–2 | ||||
| 1918 | Sewanee * | 3–2 | ||||
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 | 6 | 3–2–1 | 58% |
| Conference games | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 12 | 5–6–1 | 46% |
| At home | 14 | 10–3–1 | 75% |
| On the road | 13 | 7–6 | 54% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 21 | 16–4–1 | 79% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
His own 27 games on file, 1900–1902, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grinnellseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Northern Iowaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Des Moines Baptistseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Simpson (IA)series | 2 | 1–1 |
| Iowaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Northwesternseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| DePauwseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Lafayette 1898
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900–01 | Drake | Head coach | |
| 1902 | Purdue | Head coach | |
| 1917–18 | Sewanee | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.