Ducky Pond
Ducky Pond went 30–25–2 as a head coach in the games on file: 1934 at Yale, 1935 at Yale, 1936 at Yale, 1937 at Yale, 1938 at Yale, 1939 at Yale and 1940 at Yale. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 30–25–2 games on file
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1936 7–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Yale | 5–3 | ||
| 1935 | Yale | 6–3 | ||
| 1936 | Yale | 7–1 | ||
| 1937 | Yale | 6–1–1 | ||
| 1938 | Yale | 2–6 | ||
| 1939 | Yale | 3–4–1 | ||
| 1940 | Yale | 1–7 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Clint Frank1937 Heisman
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 ranked teams | 6 | 1–4–1 | 25% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 0–3–1 | 13% |
| Against rivals | 14 | 7–7 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 32 | 16–14–2 | 53% |
| At home | 45 | 24–19–2 | 56% |
| On the road | 12 | 6–6 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 36 | 24–10–2 | 69% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 21 | 6–15 | 29% |
His own 57 games on file, 1934–1940, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeOrmond McLaughry 1934–1940 | 5–1–1 | Brown | 7 | |
| Red Blaik 1934–1940 | 2–4–1 | Dartmouth | 7 | |
| Fritz Crisler 1934–1939 | 3–3 | Princeton, Michigan | 6 | |
| Dick Harlow 1935–1940 | 3–3 | Harvard | 6 | |
| Harvey Harman 1934–1937 | 4–0 | Pennsylvania | 4 | |
| Carl Snavely 1936–1940 | 2–1 | Cornell | 3 | |
| Gar Davidson 1934–1937 | 1–2 | Army | 3 | |
| Lou Little 1934–1939 | 1–2 | Columbia | 3 | |
| George Munger 1938–1940 | 0–3 | Pennsylvania | 3 | |
| Tad Wieman 1938–1940 | 0–3 | Princeton | 3 |
Ducky Pond’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brownseries | 7 | 5–1–1 |
| Harvardseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| Pennsylvaniaseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| Princetonseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| Dartmouthseries | 7 | 2–4–1 |
| Navyseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Armyseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Cornellseries | 3 | 2–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Denny MyersBoston College
- Greasy NealeWashington & Jefferson, Virginia, West Virginia, Muskingum, West Virginia Wesleyan, Dayton Triangles, Marietta, Philadelphia Eagles
- Ivy WilliamsonLafayette, Wisconsin
- Spike NelsonMississippi State, Yale
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denny Myers | Yale, 1934–35: line coach | Boston College | |
| Greasy Neale | Yale, 1934–40: backs coach | Washington & Jefferson, Virginia, West Virginia, Muskingum, West Virginia Wesleyan, Dayton Triangles, Marietta, Philadelphia Eagles | |
| Ivy Williamson | Yale, 1934–40: line coach | Lafayette, Wisconsin | |
| Spike Nelson | Yale, 1939–40: line coach | Mississippi State, Yale |
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.