Hal Mitchell
Hal Mitchell went 8–22 as a head coach, 1961–1963, at BYU. Share
- Record
- 8–22 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1962 4–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | BYU | 2–8 | T–5th | |||
| 1962 | BYU | 4–6 | T–3rd | |||
| 1963 | BYU | 2–8 | 6th |
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 game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| Conference games | 14 | 4–10 | 29% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 9 | 3–6 | 33% |
| At home | 10 | 6–4 | 60% |
| On the road | 20 | 2–18 | 10% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 6 | 3–3 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 24 | 5–19 | 21% |
His own 30 games on file, 1961–1963, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Weeks 1961–1963 | 1–2 | New Mexico | 3 | |
| Ray Nagel 1961–1963 | 0–3 | Utah | 3 |
Hal Mitchell’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Montanaseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| New Mexicoseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Wyomingseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Utahseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Utah Stateseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Arizonaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| George Washingtonseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961–63 | BYU | 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
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaVell Edwards | BYU, 1962–63: assistant coach | BYU |
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.