Ed Farrell
Ed Farrell went 0–8 as a head coach in the games on file: 1974 at Davidson, 1975 at Davidson and 1976 at Davidson. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record three seasons differently (1974, 2–7, 1975, 1–8 and 1976, 2–6–1); by them his record is 5–21–1. Share
- Record
- 0–8 games on file
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1974 0–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Davidson | 0–3 (Wikipedia: 2–7) | ||
| 1975 | Davidson | 0–3 (Wikipedia: 1–8) | ||
| 1976 | Davidson | 0–2 (Wikipedia: 2–6–1) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conference games | 7 | 0–7 | 0% |
| At home | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| On the road | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 7 | 0–7 | 0% |
His own eight games on file, 1974–1976, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Ross 1974–1976 | 0–3 | The Citadel | 3 |
Ed Farrell’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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Citadelseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| App Stateseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| VMIseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Colgateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Dave RobertsBaylor, Western Kentucky, UL Monroe
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Roberts | Davidson, 1974–76: assistant coach | Baylor, Western Kentucky, UL Monroe |
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.