Glenn Dobbs
Glenn Dobbs went 45–37 as a head coach, 1961–1968, at Tulsa. Share
- Record
- 45–37 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1964 9–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Tulsa | 2–8 | T–2nd | |||
| 1962 | Tulsa | 5–5 | 1st | |||
| 1963 | Tulsa | 5–5 | T–3rd | |||
| 1964 | Tulsa | 9–2 | 2nd | Bluebonnet Bowl W | 18 | |
| 1965 | Tulsa | 8–3 | 1st | Bluebonnet Bowl L | 16 | |
| 1966 | Tulsa | 6–4 | T–1st | |||
| 1967 | Tulsa | 7–3 | 2nd | |||
| 1968 | Tulsa | 3–7 | T–4th |
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.
Players he coached
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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 | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Against rivals | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Conference games | 31 | 21–10 | 68% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 24 | 12–12 | 50% |
| At home | 39 | 30–9 | 77% |
| On the road | 41 | 14–27 | 34% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 47 | 36–11 | 77% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 35 | 9–26 | 26% |
His own 82 games on file, 1961–1968, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Broyles 1961–1968 | 1–7 | Arkansas | 8 | |
| Frank Camp 1962–1968 | 5–2 | Louisville | 7 | |
| Bill Yeoman 1962–1968 | 4–3 | Houston | 7 | |
| Odus Mitchell 1961–1966 | 5–1 | North Texas | 6 | |
| Charles Studley 1961–1966 | 4–2 | Cincinnati | 6 | |
| Billy Murphy 1961–1968 | 2–4 | Memphis | 6 | |
| Phil Cutchin 1963–1965 | 1–2 | Oklahoma State | 3 |
Glenn Dobbs’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnatiseries | 8 | 6–2 |
| Wichita Stateseries | 8 | 6–2 |
| North Texasseries | 8 | 5–3 |
| Houstonseries | 8 | 4–4 |
| Arkansasseries | 8 | 1–7 |
| Louisvilleseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| Memphisseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Southern Illinoisseries | 5 | 4–1 |
Also a player: Glenn Dobbs’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian football | Backfield coach | |
| 1952 | Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian football | Head coach | |
| 1961–68 | Tulsa | 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
- Al KawalDrake, Temple, Southern Illinois
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Kawal | Tulsa, 1963–64: assistant coach | Drake, Temple, Southern Illinois |
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.