Frank Thompson, head coach at Wake Forest
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Frank Thompson

Frank Thompson went 5–⁠19 as a head coach, 1911–⁠1913, at Wake Forest.

Record
5–⁠19 career
Seasons
3
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1911 3–⁠5

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1338 in 1911
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1911Wake Forest3–⁠5
1912Wake Forest2–⁠6
1913Wake Forest0–⁠8

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 gameGamesRecord
Against rivals70–⁠7
Decided by 8 points or fewer70–⁠7
At home125–⁠7
On the road120–⁠12
As our Elo’s favorite75–⁠2
As our Elo’s underdog170–⁠17

His own 24 games on file, 1911–⁠1913, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Edward L. Greene 1911–⁠19130–⁠3NC State3

Frank Thompson’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
North Carolinaseries40–⁠4
NC Stateseries30–⁠3
Davidsonseries30–⁠3
Washington and Leeseries30–⁠3
South Carolinaseries20–⁠2
Roanokeseries11–⁠0
Warrenton Preparatoryseries11–⁠0
North Carolina Medicalseries11–⁠0

Career

YearsTeamJob
1911–⁠13Wake ForestHead coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.