Ed Walker
Ed Walker went 41–45–8 as a head coach, 1930–1945, at Ole Miss and Second Air Force. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1945 at Second Air Force. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 41–45–8 career
- Seasons
- 9
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1935 9–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Ole Miss | 3–5–1 | T–9th | |||
| 1931 | Ole Miss | 2–6–1 | 21st | |||
| 1932 | Ole Miss | 5–6 | T–12th | |||
| 1933 | Ole Miss | 6–3–2 | T–6th | |||
| 1934 | Ole Miss | 4–5–1 | 8th | |||
| 1935 | Ole Miss | 9–3 | 3rd | Orange Bowl L | ||
| 1936 | Ole Miss | 5–5–2 | 12th | |||
| 1937 | Ole Miss | 4–5–1 | 11th | |||
| 1938–44: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1945 | Second Air Force * | 3–7 | 7th | |||
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 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 27 | 8–18–1 | 31% |
| Conference games | 40 | 11–26–3 | 31% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 29 | 6–15–8 | 34% |
| At home | 36 | 28–7–1 | 79% |
| On the road | 46 | 10–29–7 | 29% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 43 | 35–6–2 | 84% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 41 | 3–32–6 | 15% |
His own 84 games on file, 1930–1937, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Neyland 1930–1937 | 0–6–1 | Tennessee | 7 | |
| Frank Murray 1931–1936 | 1–3 | Marquette | 4 | |
| Ralph Sasse 1935–1937 | 1–2 | Mississippi State | 3 | |
| Frank Thomas 1931–1933 | 0–2–1 | Alabama | 3 |
Ed Walker’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Stateseries | 8 | 6–2 |
| Tennesseeseries | 8 | 0–7–1 |
| Rhodesseries | 6 | 4–0–2 |
| Sewaneeseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| LSUseries | 6 | 0–6 |
| Centenary (LA)series | 5 | 2–3 |
| Marquetteseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Alabamaseries | 4 | 0–3–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927–28 | Stanford | Line coach | |
| 1929 | Columbia | Line coach | |
| 1930–37 | Ole Miss | Head coach | |
| 1945 | Second Air Force | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Pop WarnerStanford
- Charles CrowleyColumbia
Assistants who became head coaches
- William DietzWashington State, Purdue, Wyoming, Louisiana Tech, Haskell, Boston Redskins, Albright
- George BohlerAuburn, Mississippi College, Louisiana Tech
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop Warner | Stanford | 1927–28 | Line coach | |
| Charles Crowley | Columbia | 1929 | Line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Dietz | Ole Miss, 1936: assistant coach | Washington State, Purdue, Wyoming, Louisiana Tech, Haskell, Boston Redskins, Albright | |
| George Bohler | Ole Miss, 1937: assistant coach | Auburn, Mississippi College, Louisiana Tech |
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.