Chick Meehan
Chick Meehan went 115–44–14 as a head coach, 1920–1937, at Syracuse, NYU and Manhattan. Share
12 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1925–31 at NYU; 1932–36 at Manhattan (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 115–44–14 career
- Seasons
- 18
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1923 8–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Syracuse | 6–2–1 | ||||
| 1921 | Syracuse | 7–2 | ||||
| 1922 | Syracuse | 6–1–2 | ||||
| 1923 | Syracuse | 8–1 | ||||
| 1924 | Syracuse | 8–2–1 | ||||
| 1925 | NYU * | 6–2–1 | ||||
| 1926 | NYU * | 8–1 | ||||
| 1927 | NYU * | 7–1–2 | ||||
| 1928 | NYU * | 8–2 | ||||
| 1929 | NYU * | 7–3 | ||||
| 1930 | NYU * | 7–3 | ||||
| 1931 | NYU * | 6–3–1 | ||||
| 1932 | Manhattan * | 5–3–2 | Palm Festival L | |||
| 1933 | Manhattan * | 6–3–1 | ||||
| 1934 | Manhattan * | 3–5–1 | ||||
| 1935 | Manhattan * | 5–3–1 | ||||
| 1936 | Manhattan * | 6–4 | ||||
| 1937 | Manhattan | 6–3–1 |
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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
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 game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 14 | 8–3–3 | 68% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 23 | 12–6–5 | 63% |
| At home | 45 | 35–7–3 | 81% |
| On the road | 12 | 6–4–2 | 58% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 43 | 34–6–3 | 83% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 14 | 7–5–2 | 57% |
His own 57 games on file, 1920–1937, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop Warner 1920–1923 | 1–2–1 | Pittsburgh | 4 | |
| Dick Harlow 1922–1924 | 2–1 | Colgate | 3 | |
| Hugo Bezdek 1922–1924 | 2–0–1 | Penn State | 3 |
Chick Meehan’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hobartseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Colgateseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Pittsburghseries | 5 | 1–2–2 |
| Penn Stateseries | 3 | 2–0–1 |
| Nebraskaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Dartmouthseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| William & Maryseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| McGillseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920–24 | Syracuse | Head coach | |
| 1925–31 | NYU | Head coach | |
| 1932–37 | Manhattan | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bill HorrNorthwestern, Purdue
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Horr | Syracuse, 1920–23: line coach | Northwestern, Purdue |
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.