Frank E. Hering

Frank E. Hering went 1–⁠4 as a head coach in the games on file: 1896 at Notre Dame, 1897 at Notre Dame and 1898 at Notre Dame. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record three seasons differently (1896, 4–⁠3, 1897, 4–⁠1–⁠1 and 1898, 4–⁠2); by them his record is 12–⁠6–⁠1.

Record
1–⁠4 games on file
Seasons
3
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1898 1–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1456 in 1898
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1896Notre Dame0–⁠2 (Wikipedia: 4–⁠3)
1897Notre Dame0–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 4–⁠1–⁠1)
1898Notre Dame1–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 4–⁠2)

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against rivals20–⁠2
Decided by 8 points or fewer21–⁠1
At home20–⁠2
On the road31–⁠2
As our Elo’s favorite10–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog41–⁠3

His own five games on file, 1896–⁠1898, 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

OpponentGamesRecord
Chicagoseries20–⁠2
Illinoisseries11–⁠0
Michiganseries10–⁠1
Purdueseries10–⁠1