Don Veller
Don Veller went 28–10 as a head coach, 1946–1952, at Hanover and Florida State. Wikipedia’s season articles record two seasons differently (1951, 6–2 and 1952, 1–8–1); by them his record is 35–15–1. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1946 at Hanover. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 28–10 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1950 8–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Hanover * | 4–3 | 6th | |||
| 1947: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1948 | Florida State | 7–1 | 1st | |||
| 1949 | Florida State | 9–1 | 1st | |||
| 1950 | Florida State | 8–0 | 1st | |||
| 1951 | Florida State | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 6–2) | ||||
| 1952 | Florida State | 0–4 (Wikipedia: 1–8–1) | ||||
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| At home | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| On the road | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
His own five games on file, 1951–1952, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Techseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| NC Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Furmanseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Miamiseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| VMIseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Other roles
- Team MVP, Indiana 1934
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935–41 | Elkhart HS (IN) high school | Head coach | |
| 1946 | Hanover | Head coach | |
| 1947 | Indiana | Assistant coach | |
| 1948–52 | Florida State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bo McMillinIndiana
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo McMillin | Indiana | 1947 | Assistant 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.