Clive Rush
Clive Rush went 13–15 as a head coach, 1960–1976, at Toledo and Merchant Marine. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (1961, 3–7); by them his record is 16–21. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1960 at Toledo (on file under another coach); 1976 at Merchant Marine. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 13–15 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1962 3–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Toledo * | 2–7 | 7th | |||
| 1961 | Toledo | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 3–7) | 5th | |||
| 1962 | Toledo | 3–6 | 6th | |||
| 1963–75: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1976 | Merchant Marine * | 8–1 | 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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Conference games | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| At home | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| On the road | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 8 | 2–6 | 25% |
His own 10 games on file, 1961–1962, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Tulsaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Templeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Marshallseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Miami (OH)series | 1 | 0–1 |
| Ohioseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| South Dakotaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Kent Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Dayton | Ends coach | |
| 1955–57 | Ohio State | Backfield coach | |
| 1958 | Oklahoma | Backfield coach | |
| 1959 | Ohio State | Backfield coach | |
| 1960–62 | Toledo | Head coach | |
| 1963–68 | New York Jets NFL | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1969–70 | Boston Patriots NFL | Head coach | |
| 1976 | Merchant Marine | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Woody HayesOhio State
- Bud WilkinsonOklahoma
Assistants who became head coaches
- Jack MurphyToledo, Heidelberg
- William EliasGeorge Washington, Virginia, Navy
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woody Hayes | Ohio State | 1955–59 | Backfield coach | |
| Bud Wilkinson | Oklahoma | 1958 | Backfield coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Murphy | Toledo, 1960–62: assistant coach | Toledo, Heidelberg | |
| William Elias | Boston Patriots, 1969: defensive backs coach | George Washington, Virginia, Navy |
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.