Clyde Smith
Clyde Smith went 52–56–4 as a head coach, 1938–1954, at La Crosse State, Indiana and Arizona State. Share
Seven seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1938–42, 1946–47 at La Crosse State. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 52–56–4 career
- Seasons
- 14
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1952 6–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | La Crosse State * | 4–3 | 2nd (Northern) | |||
| 1939 | La Crosse State * | 3–4 | 1st (Northern) | |||
| 1940 | La Crosse State * | 6–0 | 1st (Northern) | |||
| 1941 | La Crosse State * | 5–1 | T–1st (Northern) | |||
| 1942 | La Crosse State * | 6–0–1 | 1st (Northern) | |||
| 1943–45: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1946 | La Crosse State * | 2–4–1 | T–4th | |||
| 1947 | La Crosse State * | 3–4 | 3rd | |||
| 1948 | Indiana | 2–7 | T–5th | |||
| 1949 | Indiana | 1–8 | 9th | |||
| 1950 | Indiana | 3–5–1 | T–8th | |||
| 1951 | Indiana | 2–7 | 8th | |||
| 1952 | Arizona State | 6–3 | 1st | |||
| 1953 | Arizona State | 4–5–1 | 5th | |||
| 1954 | Arizona State | 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.
Players he coached
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 | 16 | 4–12 | 25% |
| Against top-10 teams | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 12 | 1–11 | 8% |
| Conference games | 35 | 12–23 | 34% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 26 | 7–17–2 | 31% |
| At home | 35 | 15–19–1 | 44% |
| On the road | 30 | 8–21–1 | 28% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 28 | 13–14–1 | 48% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 37 | 10–26–1 | 28% |
His own 65 games on file, 1948–1954, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Leahy 1948–1951 | 1–3 | Notre Dame | 4 | |
| Bennie Oosterbaan 1948–1951 | 0–4 | Michigan | 4 | |
| Stuart Holcomb 1948–1951 | 0–4 | Purdue | 4 | |
| Wesley Fesler 1948–1951 | 0–4 | Ohio State, Minnesota | 4 | |
| Charles Atkinson 1952–1954 | 3–0 | BYU | 3 | |
| Frank Kimbrough 1952–1954 | 3–0 | West Texas | 3 | |
| Mike Brumbelow 1952–1954 | 2–1 | UTEP | 3 | |
| Robert Bronzan 1952–1954 | 1–2 | San José State | 3 | |
| Warren Woodson 1952–1954 | 1–2 | Arizona | 3 | |
| Ray Eliot 1949–1951 | 0–3 | Illinois | 3 |
Clyde Smith’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Notre Dameseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Ohio Stateseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Michiganseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Purdueseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| BYUseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| West Texasseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Pittsburghseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Iowaseries | 3 | 2–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929–33 | Red Stone HS (PA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1934–37 | Indiana | Line coach | |
| 1938–42 | La Crosse State | Head coach | |
| 1946–47 | La Crosse State | Head coach | |
| 1948–51 | Indiana | Head coach | |
| 1952–54 | Arizona State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bo McMillinIndiana
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo McMillin | Indiana | 1934–37 | Line 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.