Clark Shaughnessy
Clark Shaughnessy went 150–117–17 as a head coach, 1915–1965, at Tulane, Loyola, Chicago, Stanford, Maryland, Pittsburgh and Hawaii. His 1940 Stanford team claims the national title. Share
Eight seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1918 at Tulane (on file under another coach); 1927–32 at Loyola; 1965 at Hawaii. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 150–117–17 career
- Seasons
- 32
- Schools
- 7
- National titles
- 1 claimed: 1940
- Hall of Fame
- 1968 inducted
- Best season
- 1940 10–0, No. 2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | Tulane | 4–4 | T–10th | |||
| 1916 | Tulane | 4–3–1 | 9th | |||
| 1917 | Tulane | 5–3 | 6th | |||
| 1918 | Tulane * | 4–1–1 | NA | |||
| 1919 | Tulane | 6–2–1 | T–6th | |||
| 1920 | Tulane | 6–2–1 | T–1st | |||
| 1921: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1922 | Tulane | 4–4 | 18th | |||
| 1923 | Tulane | 6–3–1 | T–11th | |||
| 1924 | Tulane | 8–1 | 4th | |||
| 1925 | Tulane | 9–0–1 | T–1st | |||
| 1926 | Tulane | 3–5–1 | T–15th | |||
| 1927 | Loyola * | 6–2–2 | 7th | |||
| 1928 | Loyola * | 7–3 | ||||
| 1929 | Loyola * | 4–5–2 | ||||
| 1930 | Loyola * | 9–1 | T–4th | |||
| 1931 | Loyola * | 5–4 | 10th | |||
| 1932 | Loyola * | 6–4–1 | T–4th | |||
| 1933 | Chicago | 3–3–2 | T–8th | |||
| 1934 | Chicago | 4–4 | 7th | |||
| 1935 | Chicago | 4–4 | T–7th | |||
| 1936 | Chicago | 2–5–1 | 7th | |||
| 1937 | Chicago | 1–6 | 9th | |||
| 1938 | Chicago | 1–6–1 | 10th | |||
| 1939 | Chicago | 2–6 | 10th | |||
| 1940 | Stanford | 10–0 | 1st | Rose Bowl W | 2 | |
| 1941 | Stanford | 6–3 | 4th | |||
| 1942 | Maryland | 7–2 | T–12th | |||
| 1943 | Pittsburgh | 3–5 | ||||
| 1944 | Pittsburgh | 4–5 | ||||
| 1945 | Pittsburgh | 3–7 | ||||
| 1946 | Maryland | 3–6 | 12th | |||
| 1947–64: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1965 | Hawaii * | 1–8–1 | ||||
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
- Jay Berwanger1935 Heisman
Pete KmetovicNo. 3 pick, 1942
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 ranked teams | 14 | 5–9 | 36% |
| Against top-10 teams | 9 | 1–8 | 11% |
| Against rivals | 43 | 26–15–2 | 63% |
| Conference games | 100 | 43–52–5 | 46% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 46 | 17–19–10 | 48% |
| At home | 140 | 82–49–9 | 62% |
| On the road | 65 | 24–40–1 | 38% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 115 | 86–23–6 | 77% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 92 | 22–66–4 | 26% |
His own 207 games on file, 1915–1946, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Zuppke 1933–1939 | 1–6 | Illinois | 7 | |
| Francis Schmidt 1934–1939 | 0–6 | Ohio State | 6 | |
| Mike Donahue 1922–1926 | 3–2 | Auburn, LSU | 5 | |
| Bo McMillin 1934–1945 | 1–4 | Indiana | 5 | |
| Dana Bible 1915–1935 | 0–3–1 | Mississippi College, LSU, Texas A&M, Nebraska | 4 | |
| Noble Kizer 1933–1936 | 0–4 | Purdue | 4 | |
| Rat Rogers 1943–1945 | 3–0 | West Virginia | 3 | |
| Bob Higgins 1943–1945 | 2–1 | Penn State | 3 | |
| Bernie Bierman 1925–1934 | 1–2 | Mississippi State, Minnesota | 3 | |
| Harry Kipke 1933–1937 | 1–2 | Michigan | 3 |
Clark Shaughnessy’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 |
|---|---|---|
| LSUseries | 10 | 5–4–1 |
| Illinoisseries | 10 | 1–9 |
| Ohio Stateseries | 9 | 0–9 |
| Mississippi Collegeseries | 7 | 6–1 |
| Spring Hillseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| Floridaseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Indianaseries | 6 | 1–4–1 |
| Michiganseries | 6 | 1–5 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Minnesota | Assistant coach | |
| 1915–20 | Tulane | Head coach | |
| 1922–26 | Tulane | Head coach | |
| 1927–32 | Loyola (LA) | Head coach | |
| 1933–39 | Chicago | Head coach | |
| 1940–41 | Stanford | Head coach | |
| 1942 | Maryland | Head coach | |
| 1943–45 | Pittsburgh | Head coach | |
| 1944–47 | Washington Redskins NFL | Adviser | |
| 1946 | Maryland | Head coach | |
| 1948–49 | Los Angeles Rams NFL | Head coach | |
| 1951–62 | Chicago Bears NFL | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1965 | Hawaii | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Henry WilliamsMinnesota
- Dudley DeGrootWashington Redskins
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bernie BiermanMontana, Mississippi State, Tulane, Minnesota, Iowa Pre-Flight, Mississippi A&M
- Marchy SchwartzCreighton, Stanford
- Bernie MastersonNebraska, Lewis
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Williams | Minnesota | 1914 | Assistant coach | |
| Dudley DeGroot | Washington Redskins NFL | 1944–45 | Adviser |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Bierman | Tulane, 1923–24: assistant coach | Montana, Mississippi State, Tulane, Minnesota, Iowa Pre-Flight, Mississippi A&M | |
| Marchy Schwartz | Chicago, 1934: assistant coach; Stanford, 1940–41: backfield coach | Creighton, Stanford | |
| Bernie Masterson | Stanford, 1940: assistant coach | Nebraska, Lewis |
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.