D.M. Balliet
D.M. Balliet went 29–15–2 as a head coach, 1893–1904, at Purdue and Washington and Lee. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1903–04 at Washington and Lee. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 29–15–2 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1894 9–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | Purdue | 5–2–1 | ||||
| 1894 | Purdue | 9–1 | 1st | |||
| 1895 | Purdue | 4–3 | ||||
| 1896–00: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1901 | Purdue | 4–4–1 | 7th | |||
| 1902: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1903 | Washington and Lee * | 4–1 | ||||
| 1904 | Washington and Lee * | 3–4 | ||||
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 | 10 | 5–3–2 | 60% |
| Conference games | 4 | 0–3–1 | 13% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 12 | 5–5–2 | 50% |
| At home | 20 | 15–4–1 | 78% |
| On the road | 13 | 6–6–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 25 | 20–4–1 | 82% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 8 | 1–6–1 | 19% |
His own 33 games on file, 1893–1901, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos Alonzo Stagg 1893–1901 | 2–0–1 | Chicago | 3 |
D.M. Balliet’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Illinoisseries | 4 | 2–1–1 |
| DePauwseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Wabashseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Chicagoseries | 3 | 2–0–1 |
| Butlerseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Indianaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Minnesotaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Wisconsinseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | Auburn | Head coach | |
| 1893–95 | Purdue | Head coach | |
| 1901 | Purdue | Head or assistant | |
| 1901 | Purdue | Head coach | |
| 1902 | Princeton | Assistant coach | |
| 1902 | Washington and Lee | Assistant coach | |
| 1903–04 | Washington and Lee | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included. Head-coaching seasons the infobox leaves out come from our records.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Garrett CochranPrinceton
Assistants who became head coaches
- Alpha JamisonPurdue
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Cochran | Princeton | 1902 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Jamison | Purdue, 1901: head or assistant | Purdue |
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.