Charlie Tate, head coach at Miami
Photo: Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Charlie Tate

Charlie Tate went 34–⁠27–⁠3 as a head coach, 1964–⁠1970, at Miami.

Record
34–⁠27–⁠3 career
Seasons
7
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
1 season
Best season
1966 8–⁠2–⁠1, No. 9

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1644 in 1966
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1964Miami4–⁠5–⁠1
1965Miami5–⁠4–⁠1
1966Miami8–⁠2–⁠1Liberty Bowl W9
1967Miami7–⁠4Bluebonnet Bowl L16
1968Miami5–⁠5
1969Miami4–⁠6
1970Miami coached two of 11 games1–⁠1

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 gameGamesRecord
Against ranked teams135–⁠7–⁠1
Against top-10 teams95–⁠3–⁠1
Against rivals126–⁠6
Bowls and playoffs21–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer3014–⁠13–⁠3
At home3824–⁠12–⁠2
On the road249–⁠14–⁠1
At neutral sites21–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite3423–⁠10–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog3011–⁠17–⁠2

His own 64 games on file, 1964–⁠1970, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Ray Graves 1964–⁠19693–⁠3Florida6
Charles McClendon 1965–⁠19692–⁠3LSU5
Dave Hart 1966–⁠19683–⁠0Pittsburgh3
Jerry Claiborne 1966–⁠19683–⁠0Virginia Tech3
Bud Carson 1967–⁠19702–⁠1Georgia Tech3
Bill Peterson 1964–⁠19690–⁠3Florida State3

Charlie Tate’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Floridaseries63–⁠3
Pittsburghseries53–⁠1–⁠1
LSUseries52–⁠3
Georgia Techseries42–⁠2
Tulaneseries42–⁠1–⁠1
Virginia Techseries33–⁠0
Florida Stateseries30–⁠3
Boston Collegeseries22–⁠0

Career

YearsTeamJob
1951–⁠55Miami HS (FL) high schoolHead coach
1956FloridaFreshman coach
1957–⁠63Georgia TechBackfield coach
1964–⁠70Miami (FL)Head coach
1971New Orleans Saints NFLOffensive backs coach
1974Jacksonville Sharks WFLHead coach
1975Jacksonville Express WFLHead coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.

Coaching tree

Worked under

Charlie Tate

Assistants who became head coaches

Worked under (2)
Head coachTeamYearsHis job
Bob WoodruffFlorida1956Freshman coach
Bobby DoddGeorgia Tech1957–⁠63Backfield coach
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
CoachWith himHead coach at
Fran CurciMiami, 1964–⁠67: assistant coachMiami, Kentucky, Tampa, Tampa Bay Storm, Cincinnati Rockers
George MacIntyreMiami, 1964–⁠67: scoutVanderbilt, UT Martin
Walter KichefskiMiami, 1964–⁠70: assistant coachMiami

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.