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G.E. Pyle
G.E. Pyle went 22–12–5 as a head coach, 1909–1930, at Florida and Transylvania. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (1910, 6–1); by them his record is 27–12–5. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1909 at Florida (on file under another coach); 1930 at Transylvania. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 22–12–5 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1911 5–0–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Florida * | 6–1–1 | ||||
| 1910 | Florida | 1–1 (Wikipedia: 6–1) | ||||
| 1911 | Florida | 5–0–1 | ||||
| 1912 | Florida | 5–2–1 | Bacardi W | |||
| 1913 | Florida | 4–3 | ||||
| 1914–29: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1930 | Transylvania * | 1–5–2 | T–24th | |||
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 rivals | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Conference games | 5 | 2–2–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 7 | 4–1–2 | 71% |
| At home | 11 | 11–0 | 100% |
| On the road | 12 | 4–6–2 | 42% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 13 | 12–1 | 92% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 10 | 3–5–2 | 40% |
His own 23 games on file, 1910–1913, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| The Citadelseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Mercerseries | 3 | 1–1–1 |
| South Carolinaseries | 3 | 1–1–1 |
| Stetsonseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Charlestonseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Auburnseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Georgia Techseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Clemsonseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Transylvania | Assistant coach | |
| 1906–08 | VMI | Assistant coach | |
| 1909–13 | Florida | Head coach | |
| 1930 | Transylvania | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ira Johnson | VMI | 1906 | Assistant coach | |
| Charles Roller | VMI | 1907–08 | Assistant coach |
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.