Fred Pancoast
Fred Pancoast went 41–51–4 as a head coach, 1962–1978, at Tampa, Memphis and Vanderbilt. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1962–63 at Tampa. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 41–51–4 career
- Seasons
- 9
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1973 8–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Tampa * | 3–4–2 | ||||
| 1963 | Tampa * | 5–4–1 | ||||
| 1964–71: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1972 | Memphis | 5–5–1 | 5th | |||
| 1973 | Memphis | 8–3 | ||||
| 1974 | Memphis | 7–4 | ||||
| 1975 | Vanderbilt | 7–4 | 6th | |||
| 1976 | Vanderbilt | 2–9 | 10th | |||
| 1977 | Vanderbilt | 2–9 | 10th | |||
| 1978 | Vanderbilt | 2–9 | 10th | |||
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 17 | 0–17 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 7 | 0–7 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 29 | 9–19–1 | 33% |
| Conference games | 29 | 5–24 | 17% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 27 | 17–9–1 | 65% |
| At home | 44 | 22–21–1 | 51% |
| On the road | 33 | 11–22 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 36 | 25–10–1 | 71% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 41 | 8–33 | 20% |
His own 77 games on file, 1972–1978, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Battle 1972–1976 | 1–3 | Tennessee | 4 | |
| Ken Cooper 1974–1977 | 1–3 | Ole Miss | 4 | |
| Fran Curci 1975–1978 | 1–3 | Kentucky | 4 | |
| Bear Bryant 1975–1978 | 0–4 | Alabama | 4 | |
| Vince Dooley 1975–1978 | 0–4 | Georgia | 4 | |
| Chuck Mills 1972–1977 | 3–0 | Utah State, Wake Forest | 3 | |
| Tony Mason 1973–1976 | 2–1 | Cincinnati | 3 | |
| P.W. Underwood 1972–1974 | 0–2–1 | Southern Miss | 3 | |
| Larry Smith 1976–1978 | 0–3 | Tulane | 3 |
Fred Pancoast’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ole Missseries | 7 | 2–5 |
| Tennesseeseries | 6 | 1–5 |
| Cincinnatiseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Kentuckyseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Tulaneseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Georgiaseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Alabamaseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| North Texasseries | 3 | 3–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959–61 | Tampa | Assistant coach | |
| 1962–63 | Tampa | Head coach | |
| 1964–68 | Florida | Assistant coach | |
| 1969 | Florida | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 1970–71 | Georgia | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1972–74 | Memphis State | Head coach | |
| 1975–78 | Vanderbilt | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Ray GravesFlorida
- Vince DooleyGeorgia
Assistants who became head coaches
- Pat CulpepperNorthern Illinois
- David LeeUTEP
- Norman JosephBelhaven, Louisiana Christian, Mississippi College
- Tom GoodeEast Mississippi
- Dave RobertsBaylor, Western Kentucky, UL Monroe
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Graves | Florida | 1964–69 | 1964–68: assistant coach; 1969: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Vince Dooley | Georgia | 1970–71 | Offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Culpepper | Memphis, 1974: defensive coordinator | Northern Illinois | |
| David Lee | Vanderbilt, 1977: quarterbacks coach | UTEP | |
| Norman Joseph | Vanderbilt, 1977: volunteer assistant | Belhaven, Louisiana Christian, Mississippi College | |
| Tom Goode | Vanderbilt, 1977: offensive coordinator | East Mississippi | |
| Dave Roberts | Vanderbilt, 1978: assistant coach | Baylor, Western Kentucky, UL Monroe |
Other assistants under him (2)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Emanuel | Vanderbilt, 1975–76: defensive coordinator | |
| Richard Trail | Vanderbilt, 1975–76: offensive coordinator |
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.