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D.C. Walker

D.C. Walker went 127–⁠93–⁠10 as a head coach, 1926–⁠1950, at Atlantic Christian, Elon and Wake Forest.

11 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1926 at Atlantic Christian; 1927–⁠36 at Elon. They’re marked in the table.

Record
127–⁠93–⁠10 career
Seasons
25
Schools
3
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1945 5–⁠3–⁠1, No. 19

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1643 in 1950
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1926Atlantic Christian *6–⁠1–⁠1
1927Elon *3–⁠4–⁠1
1928Elon *2–⁠7
1929Elon *5–⁠3
1930Elon *6–⁠32nd
1931Elon *3–⁠5T–2nd
1932Elon *2–⁠6T–5th
1933Elon *5–⁠3–⁠11st
1934Elon *6–⁠2–⁠1T–1st
1935Elon *6–⁠31st
1936Elon *6–⁠51st
1937Wake Forest3–⁠6T–13th
1938Wake Forest4–⁠5–⁠19th
1939Wake Forest7–⁠3T–7th
1940Wake Forest7–⁠33rd
1941Wake Forest5–⁠5–⁠17th
1942Wake Forest6–⁠2–⁠13rd
1943Wake Forest4–⁠54th
1944Wake Forest8–⁠12nd
1945Wake Forest5–⁠3–⁠12ndGator Bowl W19
1946Wake Forest6–⁠3T–11th
1947Wake Forest6–⁠410th
1948Wake Forest6–⁠45thDixie Bowl L20
1949Wake Forest4–⁠6T–9th
1950Wake Forest6–⁠1–⁠24th

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.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against ranked teams164–⁠12
Against top-10 teams61–⁠5
Against rivals4017–⁠21–⁠2
Conference games9052–⁠33–⁠5
Bowls and playoffs21–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer5023–⁠21–⁠6
At home4529–⁠14–⁠2
On the road8242–⁠36–⁠4
At neutral sites76–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite7756–⁠17–⁠4
As our Elo’s underdog5721–⁠34–⁠2

His own 134 games on file, 1937–⁠1950, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Frank Howard 1940–⁠19507–⁠4Clemson11
Rex Enright 1938–⁠19507–⁠2–⁠1South Carolina10
Wallace Wade 1937–⁠19503–⁠7Duke10
Doc Newton 1937–⁠19445–⁠2–⁠1NC State, South Carolina8
Beattie Feathers 1944–⁠19503–⁠3–⁠1NC State7
Denny Myers 1941–⁠19502–⁠4–⁠1Boston College7
Carl Snavely 1945–⁠19503–⁠3North Carolina6
Raymond Wolf 1937–⁠19412–⁠3North Carolina5
Gene McEver 1937–⁠19444–⁠0Davidson, North Carolina4
Rube McCray 1947–⁠19503–⁠1William & Mary4

D.C. Walker’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
South Carolinaseries149–⁠3–⁠2
NC Stateseries147–⁠5–⁠2
Clemsonseries147–⁠7
North Carolinaseries136–⁠7
Dukeseries134–⁠9
George Washingtonseries76–⁠1
Boston Collegeseries72–⁠4–⁠1
VMIseries43–⁠0–⁠1

Career

YearsTeamJob
1926Atlantic ChristianHead coach
1927–⁠36ElonHead coach
1937–⁠50Wake ForestHead coach
1951YaleAssistant coach
1952–⁠59Montreal Alouettes Canadian footballHead coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.

Coaching tree

Worked under

D.C. Walker
Worked under (1)
Head coachTeamYearsHis job
Herman HickmanYale1951Assistant 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.