Dixon Foster
Dixon Foster went 4–12–1 as a head coach, 1917–1919, at South Carolina. Share
- Record
- 4–12–1 career
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1917 3–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | South Carolina | 3–5 | T–9th | |||
| 1918: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1919 | South Carolina | 1–7–1 | 20th | |||
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 9 | 1–7–1 | 17% |
| At home | 13 | 4–8–1 | 35% |
| On the road | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 10 | 3–6–1 | 35% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 7 | 1–6 | 14% |
His own 17 games on file, 1917–1919, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Citadelseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Erskineseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Floridaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Clemsonseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Presbyterianseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Furmanseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Newberryseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Georgiaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909–10 | Greenbrier Military (WV) high school | Head coach | |
| 1912–15 | Porter Military (SC) high school | Head coach | |
| 1916 | South Carolina | Freshman coach | |
| 1917 | South Carolina | Head coach | |
| 1919 | South Carolina | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Rice WarrenSouth Carolina
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Warren | South Carolina | 1916 | Freshman coach |
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.