Frank Murray
Frank Murray went 145–89–11 as a head coach, 1922–1949, at Marquette and Virginia. Share
Five seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1922–26 at Marquette (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 145–89–11 career
- Seasons
- 28
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Hall of Fame
- 1983 inducted
- Best season
- 1936 7–2, No. 20
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | Marquette * | 8–0–1 | ||||
| 1923 | Marquette * | 8–0 | ||||
| 1924 | Marquette * | 5–2 | ||||
| 1925 | Marquette * | 7–2 | ||||
| 1926 | Marquette * | 6–3 | ||||
| 1927 | Marquette | 6–3 | ||||
| 1928 | Marquette | 5–3–1 | ||||
| 1929 | Marquette | 4–3–1 | ||||
| 1930 | Marquette | 8–0–1 | ||||
| 1931 | Marquette | 8–1 | ||||
| 1932 | Marquette | 4–3–1 | ||||
| 1933 | Marquette | 3–4–1 | ||||
| 1934 | Marquette | 4–5 | ||||
| 1935 | Marquette | 7–1 | ||||
| 1936 | Marquette | 7–2 | Cotton Bowl L | 20 | ||
| 1937 | Virginia | 2–7 | ||||
| 1938 | Virginia | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1939 | Virginia | 5–4 | ||||
| 1940 | Virginia | 4–5 | ||||
| 1941 | Virginia | 8–1 | ||||
| 1942 | Virginia | 2–6–1 | ||||
| 1943 | Virginia | 3–4–1 | ||||
| 1944 | Virginia | 6–1–2 | ||||
| 1945 | Virginia | 7–2 | ||||
| 1946 | Marquette | 4–5 | ||||
| 1947 | Marquette | 4–5 | ||||
| 1948 | Marquette | 2–8 | ||||
| 1949 | Marquette | 4–5 |
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.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 9 | 1–7–1 | 17% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 0–2–1 | 17% |
| Against rivals | 29 | 13–16 | 45% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 74 | 31–33–10 | 49% |
| At home | 98 | 70–24–4 | 73% |
| On the road | 95 | 35–54–6 | 40% |
| At neutral sites | 10 | 6–4 | 60% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 125 | 90–29–6 | 74% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 78 | 21–53–4 | 29% |
His own 203 games on file, 1927–1949, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Spears 1932–1944 | 3–3 | Wisconsin, Maryland | 6 | |
| Gus Dorais 1929–1934 | 0–4–2 | Detroit Mercy | 6 | |
| Charlie Bachman 1933–1946 | 2–3 | Michigan State | 5 | |
| Raymond Wolf 1937–1941 | 1–4 | North Carolina | 5 | |
| Joe McKenney 1929–1932 | 4–0 | Boston College | 4 | |
| Ed Walker 1931–1936 | 3–1 | Ole Miss | 4 | |
| Harry Stuhldreher 1936–1948 | 1–3 | Wisconsin | 4 | |
| Henry Redd 1937–1940 | 1–3 | Virginia Tech | 4 | |
| C. Noel Workman 1927–1929 | 3–0 | Iowa State | 3 | |
| Rat Rogers 1943–1945 | 3–0 | West Virginia | 3 |
Frank Murray’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Creightonseries | 10 | 6–3–1 |
| Detroit Mercyseries | 10 | 3–5–2 |
| Saint Louisseries | 9 | 9–0 |
| VMIseries | 9 | 4–4–1 |
| North Carolinaseries | 9 | 2–7 |
| Wisconsinseries | 9 | 2–7 |
| Marylandseries | 8 | 5–3 |
| Michigan Stateseries | 8 | 2–6 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922–36 | Marquette | Head coach | |
| 1937–45 | Virginia | Head coach | |
| 1946–49 | Marquette | 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
- Arthur GuepeVirginia, Vanderbilt
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Guepe | Virginia, 1938–42: assistant coach | Virginia, Vanderbilt |
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.