Dick Hanley
Dick Hanley went 99–38–8 as a head coach, 1922–1945, at Haskell, Northwestern and El Toro Marines. Share
Seven seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1922–26 at Haskell; 1944–45 at El Toro Marines. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 99–38–8 career
- Seasons
- 15
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1930 7–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | Haskell * | 8–2 | ||||
| 1923 | Haskell * | 11–2–1 | ||||
| 1924 | Haskell * | 7–2–1 | ||||
| 1925 | Haskell * | 9–3–1 | ||||
| 1926 | Haskell * | 12–0–1 | ||||
| 1927 | Northwestern | 4–4 | T–6th | |||
| 1928 | Northwestern | 5–3 | T–7th | |||
| 1929 | Northwestern | 6–3 | T–3rd | |||
| 1930 | Northwestern | 7–1 | T–1st | |||
| 1931 | Northwestern | 7–1–1 | T–1st | |||
| 1932 | Northwestern | 3–4–1 | 5th | |||
| 1933 | Northwestern | 1–5–2 | 7th | |||
| 1934 | Northwestern | 3–5 | T–5th | |||
| 1935–43: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1944 | El Toro Marines * | 8–1 | 16 | |||
| 1945 | El Toro Marines * | 8–2 | ||||
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
Jack RileyConsensus All‑American, 1931- Dallas MarvilConsensus All‑American, 1931
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 17 | 5–11–1 | 32% |
| Conference games | 43 | 22–19–2 | 53% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 23 | 10–9–4 | 52% |
| At home | 47 | 26–19–2 | 57% |
| On the road | 19 | 10–7–2 | 58% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 36 | 24–11–1 | 68% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 30 | 12–15–3 | 45% |
His own 66 games on file, 1927–1934, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Zuppke 1927–1934 | 4–4 | Illinois | 8 | |
| Sam Willaman 1929–1933 | 3–2 | Ohio State | 5 | |
| Pat Page 1927–1930 | 1–3 | Indiana | 4 | |
| Clarence Spears 1928–1934 | 2–1 | Minnesota, Wisconsin | 3 | |
| Bernie Bierman 1930–1933 | 1–1–1 | Tulane, Minnesota | 3 | |
| Harry Kipke 1932–1934 | 1–2 | Michigan | 3 | |
| Ossie Solem 1932–1934 | 1–2 | Iowa | 3 | |
| Hunk Anderson 1931–1933 | 0–2–1 | Notre Dame | 3 |
Dick Hanley’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio Stateseries | 8 | 4–4 |
| Illinoisseries | 8 | 4–4 |
| Indianaseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Minnesotaseries | 6 | 3–2–1 |
| Notre Dameseries | 6 | 0–5–1 |
| Iowaseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Purdueseries | 4 | 1–2–1 |
| Wisconsinseries | 3 | 3–0 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Washington State 1919
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920–21 | Pendleton HS (OR) high school | Head coach | |
| 1922–26 | Haskell | Head coach | |
| 1927–34 | Northwestern | Head coach | |
| 1944–45 | El Toro Marines service team | Head coach | |
| 1946 | Chicago Rockets AAFC | 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
- Jack RyanWisconsin, St. Thomas (MN), Marquette
- Tom StidhamOklahoma, Marquette
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Ryan | Northwestern, 1927–29: ends coach; 1934: assistant coach | Wisconsin, St. Thomas (MN), Marquette | |
| Tom Stidham | Northwestern, 1927–34: assistant coach | Oklahoma, Marquette |
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.