Cliff Speegle
Cliff Speegle went 36–42–3 as a head coach, 1955–1962, at Oklahoma State. Share
- Record
- 36–42–3 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1958 8–3, No. 19
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Oklahoma State | 2–8 | T–4th | |||
| 1956 | Oklahoma State | 3–5–2 | T–2nd | |||
| 1957 | Oklahoma State | 6–3–1 | ||||
| 1958 | Oklahoma State | 8–3 | Liberty Bowl W | 19 | ||
| 1959 | Oklahoma State | 6–4 | ||||
| 1960 | Oklahoma State | 3–7 | T–6th | |||
| 1961 | Oklahoma State | 4–6 | T–6th | |||
| 1962 | Oklahoma State | 4–6 | 6th |
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 | 11 | 1–10 | 9% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 19 | 7–10–2 | 42% |
| Conference games | 29 | 9–19–1 | 33% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 34 | 14–17–3 | 46% |
| At home | 36 | 19–17 | 53% |
| On the road | 44 | 16–25–3 | 40% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 41 | 25–15–1 | 62% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 40 | 11–27–2 | 30% |
His own 81 games on file, 1955–1962, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Mitchell 1955–1962 | 1–7 | Arkansas, Kansas | 8 | |
| Bud Wilkinson 1955–1962 | 0–8 | Oklahoma | 8 | |
| Robert Dobbs 1955–1960 | 4–1–1 | Tulsa | 6 | |
| Hal Lahar 1957–1961 | 3–1–1 | Houston | 5 | |
| Bernard Mertes 1955–1959 | 4–0 | Kansas State | 4 | |
| Doug Weaver 1960–1962 | 3–0 | Kansas State | 3 | |
| DeWitt Weaver 1955–1957 | 1–1–1 | Texas Tech | 3 | |
| Chuck Mather 1955–1957 | 0–3 | Kansas | 3 | |
| Frank Broyles 1959–1962 | 0–3 | Arkansas | 3 | |
| Clay Stapleton 1960–1962 | 0–3 | Iowa State | 3 |
Cliff Speegle’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tulsaseries | 8 | 6–1–1 |
| Kansasseries | 8 | 1–7 |
| Oklahomaseries | 8 | 0–8 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 7 | 7–0 |
| Houstonseries | 7 | 3–3–1 |
| Wichita Stateseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Arkansasseries | 6 | 0–6 |
| Nebraskaseries | 3 | 2–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Wewoka HS (OK) high school | Head coach | |
| 1942 | Capitol Hill HS (OK) high school | Head coach | |
| 1946 | Bacone | Head coach | |
| 1947–49 | Oklahoma A&M | Assistant coach | |
| 1950 | Northeast HS (OK) high school | Head coach | |
| 1952–53 | Colgate | Line coach | |
| 1954 | Edmonton Eskimos Canadian football | Line coach | |
| 1955–62 | Oklahoma A&M/State | Head coach | |
| 1963–64 | Toronto Argonauts CFL | Assistant coach | |
| 1965–66 | Texas Western | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jim LookabaughOklahoma State
- Hal LaharColgate
- Robert DobbsUTEP
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Lookabaugh | Oklahoma State | 1947–49 | Assistant coach | |
| Hal Lahar | Colgate | 1952–53 | Line coach | |
| Robert Dobbs | UTEP | 1965–66 | Assistant coach |
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.