George Cole
George Cole went 16–24–1 as a head coach, 1930–1942, at Ozarks and Arkansas. Share
Four seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1930–33 at Ozarks. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 16–24–1 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1942 3–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Ozarks * | 2–6 | ||||
| 1931 | Ozarks * | 4–4 | ||||
| 1932 | Ozarks * | 1–5 | ||||
| 1933 | Ozarks * | 6–2–1 | ||||
| 1934–41: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1942 | Arkansas | 3–7 | 7th | |||
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 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Conference games | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| At home | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| On the road | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 8 | 2–6 | 25% |
His own 10 games on file, 1942, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ole Missseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Detroit Mercyseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Wichita Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Tulsaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Baylorseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Riceseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Texasseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928–29 | Warren HS (AR) high school | Head coach | |
| 1930–33 | Ozarks | Head coach | |
| 1934–41 | Arkansas | Assistant coach | |
| 1942 | Arkansas | Head coach | |
| 1945–58 | Arkansas | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Fred ThomsenArkansas
- Glen RoseArkansas
- John BarnhillArkansas
- Otis DouglasArkansas
- Bowden WyattArkansas
- Jack MitchellArkansas
- Frank BroylesArkansas
Assistants who became head coaches
- John TomlinArkansas
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Thomsen | Arkansas | 1934–41 | Assistant coach | |
| Glen Rose | Arkansas | 1945 | Assistant coach | |
| John Barnhill | Arkansas | 1946–49 | Assistant coach | |
| Otis Douglas | Arkansas | 1950–52 | Assistant coach | |
| Bowden Wyatt | Arkansas | 1953–54 | Assistant coach | |
| Jack Mitchell | Arkansas | 1955–57 | Assistant coach | |
| Frank Broyles | Arkansas | 1958 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Tomlin | Arkansas, 1942: freshman coach | Arkansas |
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.