Frank Gargan
Frank Gargan went 12–9–1 as a head coach in the games on file: 1912 at Georgetown, 1913 at Georgetown, 1916 at Fordham, 1922 at Fordham, 1923 at Fordham and 1926 at Fordham. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record four seasons differently (1916, 25–1–1, 1922, 3–5–2, 1923, 2–7 and 1926, 3–4–1); by them his record is 45–22–4. Share
- Record
- 12–9–1 games on file
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1912 8–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | Georgetown | 8–1 | ||
| 1913 | Georgetown | 4–4 | ||
| 1914–15: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1916 | Fordham | 0–0–1 (Wikipedia: 25–1–1) | ||
| 1917–21: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1922 | Fordham | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 3–5–2) | ||
| 1923 | Fordham | 0–2 (Wikipedia: 2–7) | ||
| 1924–25: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1926 | Fordham | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 3–4–1) | ||
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 | 5 | 4–1 | 80% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 5 | 2–2–1 | 50% |
| At home | 15 | 11–4 | 73% |
| On the road | 7 | 1–5–1 | 21% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 14 | 10–4 | 71% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 8 | 2–5–1 | 31% |
His own 22 games on file, 1912–1926, 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
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Virginiaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Randolph Maconseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| NC Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Rutgersseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Carlisleseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Holy Crossseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| North Carolinaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Virginia Techseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Wayne HartClemson, Gallaudet
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Hart | Georgetown, 1912–13: assistant coach | Clemson, Gallaudet |
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.