Clyde Lee
Clyde Lee went 37–32–2 as a head coach, 1948–1954, at Houston. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1948 at Houston (on file under another coach). It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 37–32–2 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1952 8–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Houston * | 5–6 | 4th | |||
| 1949 | Houston | 5–4–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1950 | Houston | 4–6 | ||||
| 1951 | Houston | 6–5 | 4th | Salad Bowl W | ||
| 1952 | Houston | 8–2 | 1st | 19 | ||
| 1953 | Houston | 4–4–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1954 | Houston | 5–5 | 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 ranked teams | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Against rivals | 9 | 4–5 | 44% |
| Conference games | 15 | 9–6 | 60% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 29 | 12–15–2 | 45% |
| At home | 31 | 18–12–1 | 60% |
| On the road | 28 | 13–14–1 | 48% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 23 | 16–6–1 | 72% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 37 | 16–20–1 | 45% |
His own 60 games on file, 1949–1954, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Sauer 1950–1954 | 2–3 | Baylor | 5 | |
| Jennings Whitworth 1951–1954 | 3–1 | Oklahoma State | 4 | |
| DeWitt Weaver 1951–1954 | 2–2 | Texas Tech | 4 | |
| Warren Woodson 1949–1951 | 1–1–1 | Hardin Simmons | 3 | |
| John Brothers 1950–1952 | 1–2 | Tulsa | 3 |
Clyde Lee’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 | 5 | 2–3 |
| Baylorseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Detroit Mercyseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Texas Techseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Wichita Stateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 3 | 1–1–1 |
| North Texasseries | 3 | 1–2 |
Also a player: Clyde Lee’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932–35 | Overton HS (TX) high school | Head coach | |
| 1935–41 | Kilgore | Head coach | |
| 1945–47 | Tulsa | Assistant coach | |
| 1948–54 | Houston | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Henry FrnkaTulsa
- John BrothersTulsa
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Frnka | Tulsa | 1945 | Assistant coach | |
| John Brothers | Tulsa | 1946–47 | 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.