Chuck Mather
Chuck Mather went 11–26–3 as a head coach, 1954–1957, at Kansas. Share
- Record
- 11–26–3 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1957 5–4–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Kansas | 0–10 | 7th | |||
| 1955 | Kansas | 3–6–1 | T–5th | |||
| 1956 | Kansas | 3–6–1 | T–5th | |||
| 1957 | Kansas | 5–4–1 | 2nd |
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 7 | 0–7 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 12 | 5–7 | 42% |
| Conference games | 24 | 7–16–1 | 31% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 16 | 9–4–3 | 66% |
| At home | 21 | 6–13–2 | 33% |
| On the road | 19 | 5–13–1 | 29% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 5 | 1–3–1 | 30% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 35 | 10–23–2 | 31% |
His own 40 games on file, 1954–1957, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Ward 1954–1957 | 1–3 | Colorado | 4 | |
| Abe Martin 1954–1957 | 0–3–1 | TCU | 4 | |
| Bud Wilkinson 1954–1957 | 0–4 | Oklahoma | 4 | |
| Cliff Speegle 1955–1957 | 3–0 | Oklahoma State | 3 | |
| Bernard Mertes 1955–1957 | 2–1 | Kansas State | 3 | |
| Don Faurot 1954–1956 | 1–2 | Missouri | 3 | |
| Vince Di Francesca 1954–1956 | 1–1–1 | Iowa State | 3 |
Chuck Mather’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Missouriseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Coloradoseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 4 | 1–2–1 |
| Nebraskaseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Oklahomaseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| TCUseries | 4 | 0–3–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940–41 | Leetonia HS (OH) high school | Head coach | |
| 1946–47 | Hamilton HS (OH) high school | Head coach | |
| 1948–53 | Massillon Washington HS (OH) high school | Head coach | |
| 1954–57 | Kansas | Head coach | |
| 1958–65 | Chicago Bears NFL | Backfield 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
- Don JamesKent State, Washington
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don James | Kansas, 1956–57: graduate assistant | Kent State, Washington |
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.