H.B. Olcott
H.B. Olcott went 47–30–12 as a head coach, 1902–1918, at North Carolina, NYU, Kansas and Great Lakes Navy. Share
10 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1907–12 at NYU; 1915–17 at Kansas; 1918 at Great Lakes Navy. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 47–30–12 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 4
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1902 5–1–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | North Carolina | 5–1–3 | ||||
| 1903 | North Carolina | 6–3 | ||||
| 1904–06: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1907 | NYU * | 5–2 | ||||
| 1908 | NYU * | 2–3–2 | ||||
| 1909 | NYU * | 6–1–1 | ||||
| 1910 | NYU * | 2–4–1 | ||||
| 1911 | NYU * | 1–3–3 | ||||
| 1912 | NYU * | 2–6 | ||||
| 1913–14: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1915 | Kansas * | 6–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1916 | Kansas * | 4–3–1 | 5th | |||
| 1917 | Kansas * | 6–2 | T–2nd | |||
| 1918 | Great Lakes Navy * | 2–0–1 | ||||
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 | 4 | 2–0–2 | 75% |
| Conference games | 2 | 1–0–1 | 75% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 7 | 2–2–3 | 50% |
| At home | 9 | 7–0–2 | 89% |
| On the road | 9 | 4–4–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 11 | 6–2–3 | 68% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 7 | 5–2 | 71% |
His own 18 games on file, 1902–1903, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Guilfordseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| VMIseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Oak Ridgeseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Virginiaseries | 2 | 1–0–1 |
| Georgetownseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Virginia Techseries | 2 | 0–1–1 |
| Clemsonseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Furmanseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Also a player: Herman Olcott’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902–03 | North Carolina | Head coach | |
| 1904–06 | Navy | Assistant coach | |
| 1907–12 | NYU | Head coach | |
| 1915–17 | Kansas | Head coach | |
| 1918 | Great Lakes Navy | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Paul DashiellNavy
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Dashiell | Navy | 1904–06 | 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.