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Denny Myers
Denny Myers went 37–27–4 as a head coach, 1941–1950, at Boston College and Memphis NATTC. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1943 at Memphis NATTC. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 37–27–4 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 1 season
- Best season
- 1942 8–2, No. 8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Boston College | 7–3 | ||||
| 1942 | Boston College | 8–2 | Orange Bowl L | 8 | ||
| 1943 | Memphis NATTC * | 2–0 | ||||
| 1944–45: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1946 | Boston College | 6–3 | ||||
| 1947 | Boston College | 5–4 | ||||
| 1948 | Boston College | 5–2–2 | ||||
| 1949 | Boston College | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1950 | Boston College | 0–9–1 | ||||
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.
Players he coached
Mike HolovakFourth in the 1942 Heisman vote
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 game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 7 | 1–6 | 14% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 13 | 6–7 | 46% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 25 | 13–8–4 | 60% |
| At home | 50 | 30–16–4 | 64% |
| On the road | 13 | 4–9 | 31% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 44 | 31–11–2 | 73% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 22 | 4–16–2 | 23% |
His own 66 games on file, 1941–1950, 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
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.C. Walker 1941–1950 | 4–2–1 | Wake Forest | 7 | |
| Frank Howard 1941–1950 | 3–3 | Clemson | 6 | |
| Jack Hagerty 1941–1948 | 5–0 | Georgetown | 5 | |
| Jordan Olivar 1946–1948 | 3–0 | Villanova | 3 | |
| John Vaught 1948–1950 | 0–2–1 | Ole Miss | 3 |
Denny Myers’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Georgetownseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| Wake Forestseries | 7 | 4–2–1 |
| Holy Crossseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| Clemsonseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Villanovaseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Fordhamseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Ole Missseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
| Tennesseeseries | 3 | 0–3 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | West Virginia | Line coach | |
| 1934–35 | Yale | Line coach | |
| 1936–40 | Brown | Line coach | |
| 1941–42 | Boston College | Head coach | |
| 1943 | Memphis NATTC service team | Head coach | |
| 1946–50 | Boston College | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Greasy NealeWest Virginia
- Ducky PondYale
- DeOrmond McLaughryBrown
Assistants who became head coaches
- Moody SarnoBoston College
- Mike HolovakBoston College, Boston Patriots
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greasy Neale | West Virginia | 1933 | Line coach | |
| Ducky Pond | Yale | 1934–35 | Line coach | |
| DeOrmond McLaughry | Brown | 1936–40 | Line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moody Sarno | Boston College, 1941–42: line coach | Boston College | |
| Mike Holovak | Boston College, 1949–50: freshman coach | Boston College, Boston Patriots |
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.