Charles Roller
Charles Roller went 4–7–4 as a head coach in the games on file: 1902 at Furman, 1907 at VMI and 1908 at VMI. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record two seasons differently (1907, 5–3 and 1908, 4–2); by them his record is 13–8–4. Share
- Record
- 4–7–4 games on file
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1902 4–3–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | Furman | 4–3–4 | ||
| 1903–06: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1907 | VMI | 0–3 (Wikipedia: 5–3) | ||
| 1908 | VMI | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 4–2) | ||
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 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Conference games | 5 | 1–3–1 | 30% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 8 | 2–2–4 | 50% |
| At home | 6 | 1–2–3 | 42% |
| On the road | 9 | 3–5–1 | 39% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 7 | 1–2–4 | 43% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
His own 15 games on file, 1902–1908, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NC Stateseries | 2 | 1–0–1 |
| Davidsonseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Virginia Techseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| South Carolinaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Binghamseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Georgia Techseries | 1 | 0–0–1 |
| Georgiaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| North Carolinaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- G.E. PyleFlorida, Transylvania
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| G.E. Pyle | VMI, 1907–08: assistant coach | Florida, Transylvania |
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.