David Morey
David Morey went 54–57–12 as a head coach, 1921–1938, at Middlebury, Auburn and Bates. Share
14 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1921–24 at Middlebury; 1929–38 at Bates. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 54–57–12 career
- Seasons
- 17
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1925 5–3–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Middlebury * | 4–4 | ||||
| 1922 | Middlebury * | 2–6 | ||||
| 1923 | Middlebury * | 3–3–2 | ||||
| 1924 | Middlebury * | 7–1 | ||||
| 1925 | Auburn | 5–3–1 | 9th | |||
| 1926 | Auburn | 5–4 | T–10th | |||
| 1927 | Auburn coached three of nine games | 0–3 | ||||
| 1928: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1929 | Bates * | 3–3–1 | ||||
| 1930 | Bates * | 5–2 | ||||
| 1931 | Bates * | 5–2 | ||||
| 1932 | Bates * | 2–3–2 | ||||
| 1933 | Bates * | 1–3–2 | ||||
| 1934 | Bates * | 3–3–1 | ||||
| 1935 | Bates * | 3–4–1 | ||||
| 1936 | Bates * | 2–4 | ||||
| 1937 | Bates * | 2–4–1 | ||||
| 1938 | Bates * | 2–5–1 | ||||
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 | 12 | 4–7–1 | 38% |
| Conference games | 14 | 6–7–1 | 46% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 7 | 4–2–1 | 64% |
| At home | 11 | 6–5 | 55% |
| On the road | 10 | 4–5–1 | 45% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 12 | 8–4 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 9 | 2–6–1 | 28% |
His own 21 games on file, 1925–1927, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clemsonseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Samfordseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Tulaneseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Georgia Techseries | 2 | 0–1–1 |
| Georgiaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Birmingham-Southernseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Chattanoogaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Dartmouth | Assistant coach | |
| 1916–18 | Lowell Textile | Head coach | |
| 1921–24 | Middlebury | Head coach | |
| 1925–27 | Auburn | Head coach | |
| 1928 | Fordham | Assistant coach | |
| 1929–39 | Bates | Head coach | |
| 1948–50 | Lowell Tech | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Frank CavanaughDartmouth, Fordham
Assistants who became head coaches
- Boozer PittsAuburn
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Cavanaugh | Dartmouth | 1914 | Assistant coach | |
| Frank Cavanaugh | Fordham | 1928 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boozer Pitts | Auburn, 1925–27: assistant coach | Auburn |
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.