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DeOrmond McLaughry
DeOrmond McLaughry went 143–149–13 as a head coach, 1915–1954, at Westminster, Amherst, Brown and Dartmouth. Share
Eight seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1915–16, 1918, 1921 at Westminster; 1922–25 at Amherst. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 143–149–13 career
- Seasons
- 35
- Schools
- 4
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1926 9–0–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | Westminster * | 2–5 | ||||
| 1916 | Westminster * | 2–5–1 | ||||
| 1917: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1918 | Westminster * | 3–2 | ||||
| 1919–20: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1921 | Westminster * | 1–6–2 | ||||
| 1922 | Amherst * | 2–6 | 3rd | |||
| 1923 | Amherst * | 3–3–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1924 | Amherst * | 3–5 | 2nd | |||
| 1925 | Amherst * | 7–1 | 1st | |||
| 1926 | Brown | 9–0–1 | ||||
| 1927 | Brown | 3–6–1 | ||||
| 1928 | Brown | 8–1 | ||||
| 1929 | Brown | 5–5 | ||||
| 1930 | Brown | 6–3–1 | ||||
| 1931 | Brown | 7–3 | ||||
| 1932 | Brown | 7–1 | ||||
| 1933 | Brown | 3–5 | ||||
| 1934 | Brown | 3–6 | ||||
| 1935 | Brown | 1–8 | ||||
| 1936 | Brown | 3–7 | ||||
| 1937 | Brown | 5–4 | ||||
| 1938 | Brown | 5–3 | ||||
| 1939 | Brown | 5–3–1 | ||||
| 1940 | Brown | 6–3–1 | ||||
| 1941 | Dartmouth | 5–4 | ||||
| 1942 | Dartmouth | 5–4 | ||||
| 1943–44: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1945 | Dartmouth | 1–6–1 | ||||
| 1946 | Dartmouth | 3–6 | ||||
| 1947 | Dartmouth | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1948 | Dartmouth | 6–2 | ||||
| 1949 | Dartmouth | 6–2 | ||||
| 1950 | Dartmouth | 3–5–1 | ||||
| 1951 | Dartmouth | 4–5 | ||||
| 1952 | Dartmouth | 2–7 | ||||
| 1953 | Dartmouth | 2–7 | ||||
| 1954 | Dartmouth | 3–6 | ||||
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
Joe SullivanNo. 2 AAFC pick, 1949
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 | 15 | 1–14 | 7% |
| Against top-10 teams | 7 | 1–6 | 14% |
| Against rivals | 38 | 23–15 | 61% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 96 | 47–41–8 | 53% |
| At home | 125 | 77–44–4 | 63% |
| On the road | 117 | 43–70–4 | 38% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 113 | 88–23–2 | 79% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 131 | 32–93–6 | 27% |
His own 244 games on file, 1926–1954, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Little 1930–1954 | 10–8–1 | Columbia | 19 | |
| Andrew Kerr 1929–1942 | 1–11 | Colgate | 12 | |
| Charles Caldwell 1945–1954 | 3–6–1 | Princeton | 10 | |
| Dick Harlow 1935–1947 | 3–6 | Harvard | 9 | |
| Edward Anderson 1933–1954 | 1–7–1 | Holy Cross | 9 | |
| Red Blaik 1935–1954 | 1–8 | Dartmouth, Army | 9 | |
| George James 1947–1954 | 2–6 | Cornell | 8 | |
| George Munger 1945–1952 | 0–8 | Pennsylvania | 8 | |
| Ducky Pond 1934–1940 | 1–5–1 | Yale | 7 | |
| Lloyd Jordan 1950–1954 | 3–2 | Harvard | 5 |
DeOrmond McLaughry’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Yaleseries | 26 | 9–16–1 |
| Holy Crossseries | 22 | 10–10–2 |
| Harvardseries | 21 | 10–11 |
| Columbiaseries | 19 | 10–8–1 |
| Colgateseries | 19 | 4–13–2 |
| Princetonseries | 17 | 8–8–1 |
| Rhode Islandseries | 15 | 14–1 |
| Cornellseries | 12 | 2–10 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1915–16 | Westminster (PA) | Head coach | |
| 1918 | Westminster (PA) | Head coach | |
| 1921 | Westminster (PA) | Head coach | |
| 1922–25 | Amherst | Head coach | |
| 1926–40 | Brown | Head coach | |
| 1941–42 | Dartmouth | Head coach | |
| 1945–54 | Dartmouth | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Denny MyersBoston College
- Earl BrownDartmouth, Auburn, Merchant Marine, Canisius
- George BarclayLafayette, Washington and Lee, North Carolina
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denny Myers | Brown, 1936–40: line coach | Boston College | |
| Earl Brown | Brown, 1939: ends coach | Dartmouth, Auburn, Merchant Marine, Canisius | |
| George Barclay | Dartmouth, 1941–42, 1946: line coach | Lafayette, Washington and Lee, North Carolina |
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.