Daddy Boles
Daddy Boles went 11–17–7 as a head coach, 1913–1917, at Polytechnic, TCU, Trinity and Kentucky. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1913 at Polytechnic; 1915 at Trinity. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 11–17–7 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 4
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1914 4–4–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Polytechnic * | 2–2–4 | ||||
| 1914 | TCU | 4–4–2 | ||||
| 1915 | Trinity * | 2–6 | ||||
| 1916: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1917 | Kentucky | 3–5–1 | ||||
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 | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Conference games | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 7 | 0–4–3 | 21% |
| At home | 10 | 6–2–2 | 70% |
| On the road | 9 | 1–7–1 | 17% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 14 | 7–5–2 | 57% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 5 | 0–4–1 | 10% |
His own 19 games on file, 1914–1917, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Floridaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| North Texasseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Butlerseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Maryville (TN)series | 1 | 1–0 |
| Howard Payneseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Austinseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Oklahoma Minesseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Miami (OH)series | 1 | 0–0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Polytechnic (TX) | Head coach | |
| 1914 | TCU | Head coach | |
| 1915 | Trinity (TX) | Head coach | |
| 1916 | Kentucky | Assistant coach | |
| 1917 | Kentucky | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- J.J. TigertKentucky
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.J. Tigert | Kentucky | 1916 | 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.