Edwin Kimball
Edwin Kimball went 34–32–8 as a head coach, 1937–1948, at BYU. Share
- Record
- 34–32–8 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1937 6–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | BYU | 6–3 | T–3rd | |||
| 1938 | BYU | 4–3–1 | T–2nd | |||
| 1939 | BYU | 5–2–2 | 4th | |||
| 1940 | BYU | 2–4–2 | 4th | |||
| 1941 | BYU | 4–3–2 | T–2nd | |||
| 1942–45: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1946 | BYU | 5–4–1 | T–4th | |||
| 1947 | BYU | 3–7 | 7th | |||
| 1948 | BYU | 5–6 | 5th | |||
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 | 16 | 4–8–4 | 38% |
| Conference games | 47 | 20–20–7 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 35 | 15–12–8 | 54% |
| At home | 34 | 20–12–2 | 62% |
| On the road | 40 | 14–20–6 | 43% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 44 | 24–16–4 | 59% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 30 | 10–16–4 | 40% |
His own 74 games on file, 1937–1948, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Lowell Romney 1937–1948 | 4–2–2 | Utah State | 8 | |
| Ike Armstrong 1937–1948 | 0–6–2 | Utah | 8 | |
| Harry Hughes 1938–1946 | 3–1–1 | Colorado State | 5 | |
| Bunny Oakes 1937–1946 | 2–3 | Colorado, Wyoming | 5 | |
| Jim Yeager 1941–1947 | 1–1–1 | Colorado | 3 |
Edwin Kimball’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wyomingseries | 8 | 6–1–1 |
| Utah Stateseries | 8 | 4–2–2 |
| Utahseries | 8 | 0–6–2 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 7 | 3–3–1 |
| Coloradoseries | 7 | 1–5–1 |
| Denverseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Western Coloradoseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Montana Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937–41 | BYU | Head coach | |
| 1946–48 | BYU | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Floyd MilletBYU
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Millet | BYU, 1937–41: assistant coach | BYU |
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.