Gus Tebell, head coach at NC State and Virginia
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Gus Tebell

Gus Tebell went 27–⁠43–⁠6 as a head coach, 1925–⁠1936, at NC State and Virginia.

Record
27–⁠43–⁠6 career
Seasons
8
Schools
2
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1927 9–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1585 in 1927
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1925NC State3–⁠5–⁠118th
1926NC State4–⁠621st
1927NC State9–⁠1T–1st
1928NC State4–⁠5–⁠117th
1929NC State1–⁠822nd
1930–⁠33: not a college head coach
1934Virginia3–⁠69th
1935Virginia1–⁠5–⁠4T–8th
1936Virginia2–⁠7

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 rivals3011–⁠16–⁠3
Conference games397–⁠28–⁠4
Decided by 8 points or fewer3111–⁠14–⁠6
At home4021–⁠15–⁠4
On the road355–⁠28–⁠2
At neutral sites11–⁠0
As our Elo’s favorite3422–⁠10–⁠2
As our Elo’s underdog425–⁠33–⁠4

His own 76 games on file, 1925–⁠1936, 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
Jimmy DeHart 1925–⁠19292–⁠3Washington and Lee, Duke5
William L. Younger 1925–⁠19292–⁠3Davidson5
Billy Laval 1926–⁠19291–⁠3Furman, South Carolina4
Chuck Collins 1926–⁠19291–⁠2–⁠1North Carolina4
Branch Bocock 1925–⁠19361–⁠2South Carolina, William & Mary3
Josh Cody 1927–⁠19291–⁠2Clemson3
W.C. Raftery 1934–⁠19361–⁠1–⁠1VMI3
Henry Redd 1934–⁠19360–⁠2–⁠1Virginia Tech3
Thomas Hamilton 1934–⁠19360–⁠3Navy3

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

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
North Carolinaseries81–⁠6–⁠1
Davidsonseries62–⁠3–⁠1
Washington and Leeseries60–⁠6
Wake Forestseries55–⁠0
Dukeseries53–⁠2
South Carolinaseries52–⁠3
VMIseries51–⁠3–⁠1
Clemsonseries41–⁠3

Career

YearsTeamJob
1923Columbus TigersHead coach
1924NC StateAssistant coach
1925–⁠29NC StateHead coach
1930VirginiaAssistant coach
1934–⁠36VirginiaHead coach

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

Coaching tree

Worked under

Gus Tebell
Worked under (2)
Head coachTeamYearsHis job
Buck ShawNC State1924Assistant coach
Earl AbellVirginia1930Assistant 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.