Frank Jones
Frank Jones went 44–38 as a head coach in the games on file: 1966 at Richmond, 1967 at Richmond, 1968 at Richmond, 1969 at Richmond, 1970 at Richmond, 1971 at Richmond, 1972 at Richmond and 1973 at Richmond. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 44–38 games on file
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1973 8–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Richmond | 2–8 | |||
| 1967 | Richmond | 5–5 | |||
| 1968 | Richmond | 8–3 | Tangerine Bowl W | ||
| 1969 | Richmond | 6–4 | |||
| 1970 | Richmond | 4–6 | |||
| 1971 | Richmond | 5–6 | Tangerine Bowl L | ||
| 1972 | Richmond | 6–4 | |||
| 1973 | Richmond | 8–2 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Walker GilletteConsensus All‑American, 1969- Barty SmithNo. 12 pick, 1974
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Against rivals | 16 | 13–3 | 81% |
| Conference games | 49 | 36–13 | 73% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 16 | 11–5 | 69% |
| At home | 38 | 25–13 | 66% |
| On the road | 42 | 18–24 | 43% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 44 | 34–10 | 77% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 38 | 10–28 | 26% |
His own 82 games on file, 1966–1973, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert King 1966–1972 | 6–1 | Furman | 7 | |
| Red Parker 1966–1972 | 5–2 | The Citadel | 7 | |
| Vito Ragazzo 1966–1970 | 4–1 | VMI | 5 | |
| P.W. Underwood 1969–1973 | 1–4 | Southern Miss | 5 | |
| Homer Smith 1966–1969 | 3–1 | Davidson | 4 | |
| Dave Fagg 1970–1973 | 3–1 | Davidson | 4 | |
| Clarence Stasavich 1966–1969 | 2–2 | East Carolina | 4 | |
| Bobby Bowden 1970–1973 | 1–3 | West Virginia | 4 | |
| Bob Thalman 1971–1973 | 3–0 | VMI | 3 | |
| Marv Levy 1966–1968 | 2–1 | William & Mary | 3 |
Frank Jones’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Furmanseries | 8 | 7–1 |
| VMIseries | 8 | 7–1 |
| Davidsonseries | 8 | 6–2 |
| The Citadelseries | 8 | 6–2 |
| William & Maryseries | 8 | 6–2 |
| East Carolinaseries | 8 | 4–4 |
| Southern Missseries | 8 | 2–6 |
| West Virginiaseries | 7 | 1–6 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Marvin BassWilliam & Mary, South Carolina, Birmingham Vulcans
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Bass | Richmond, 1973: assistant coach | William & Mary, South Carolina, Birmingham Vulcans |
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.