Dick Clausen
Dick Clausen went 43–36–5 as a head coach, 1948–1957, at Coe and New Mexico. Share
Eight seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1948–55 at Coe. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 43–36–5 career
- Seasons
- 10
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1956 4–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Coe * | 1–5–2 | 7th | |||
| 1949 | Coe * | 1–6–1 | 9th | |||
| 1950 | Coe * | 6–2 | T–1st | |||
| 1951 | Coe * | 3–5 | 6th | |||
| 1952 | Coe * | 7–1 | 1st | |||
| 1953 | Coe * | 5–2–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1954 | Coe * | 4–3–1 | 4th | |||
| 1955 | Coe * | 8–0 | 1st | |||
| 1956 | New Mexico | 4–6 | 6th | |||
| 1957 | New Mexico | 4–6 | 5th |
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 | 6 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Conference games | 12 | 4–8 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 10 | 4–6 | 40% |
| At home | 10 | 4–6 | 40% |
| On the road | 10 | 4–6 | 40% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 11 | 4–7 | 36% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 9 | 4–5 | 44% |
His own 20 games on file, 1956–1957, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Utah Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Arizonaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Montanaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| BYUseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| UTEPseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Wyomingseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Clear Lake HS (IA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1939–41 | Hampton HS (IA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1942–47 | New Trier HS (IL) high school | Head coach | |
| 1948–55 | Coe | Head coach | |
| 1956–57 | New Mexico | 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
- Marv LevyNew Mexico, California, William & Mary, Montreal Alouettes, Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Blitz, Buffalo Bills
- Bill WeeksNew Mexico
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Levy | Coe, 1953–54: assistant coach; New Mexico, 1956–57: assistant coach | New Mexico, California, William & Mary, Montreal Alouettes, Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Blitz, Buffalo Bills | |
| Bill Weeks | New Mexico, 1956–57: ends coach | New Mexico |
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.