Claude Simons
Claude Simons went 24–29–2 as a head coach, 1935–1945, at Transylvania and Tulane. Share
Three seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1935–37 at Transylvania. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 24–29–2 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1944 4–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Transylvania * | 5–3 | T–11th | |||
| 1936 | Transylvania * | 3–4–1 | 23rd | |||
| 1937 | Transylvania * | 3–5 | T–21st | |||
| 1938–41: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1942 | Tulane | 4–5 | 10th | |||
| 1943 | Tulane | 3–3 | T–2nd | |||
| 1944 | Tulane | 4–3 | 8th | |||
| 1945 | Tulane | 2–6–1 | T–10th | |||
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
Dub JonesNo. 2 pick, 1946- Joe RenfroeNo. 3 pick, 1945
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 6 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 7 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Conference games | 15 | 4–10–1 | 30% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 10 | 4–5–1 | 45% |
| At home | 23 | 11–11–1 | 50% |
| On the road | 8 | 2–6 | 25% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 17 | 10–6–1 | 62% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 14 | 3–11 | 21% |
His own 31 games on file, 1942–1945, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jess Neely 1942–1945 | 3–1 | Rice | 4 | |
| Bernie Moore 1942–1945 | 1–3 | LSU | 4 |
Claude Simons’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Riceseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| LSUseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| SMUseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Auburnseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Georgia Techseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Clemsonseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Notre Dameseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Also a player: Monk Simons’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935–37 | Transylvania | Head coach | |
| 1942–45 | Tulane | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.