Hank Foldberg, head coach at Wichita State and Texas A&M
Photo: Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Hank Foldberg

Hank Foldberg went 22–⁠28–⁠1 as a head coach, 1960–⁠1964, at Wichita State and Texas A&M.

Record
22–⁠28–⁠1 career
Seasons
5
Schools
2
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1960 8–⁠2

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1537 in 1960
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1960Wichita State8–⁠21st
1961Wichita State8–⁠31stSun Bowl L
1962Texas A&M3–⁠7T–4th
1963Texas A&M2–⁠7–⁠18th
1964Texas A&M1–⁠97th

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 ranked teams60–⁠6
Against top-10 teams60–⁠6
Against rivals182–⁠15–⁠1
Conference games2711–⁠15–⁠1
Bowls and playoffs10–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer2211–⁠10–⁠1
At home2011–⁠9
On the road3011–⁠18–⁠1
At neutral sites10–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite2215–⁠7
As our Elo’s underdog297–⁠21–⁠1

His own 51 games on file, 1960–⁠1964, 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
Hayden Fry 1962–⁠19642–⁠1SMU3
Bill Yeoman 1962–⁠19641–⁠2Houston3
J.T. King 1962–⁠19641–⁠2Texas Tech3
Jess Neely 1962–⁠19641–⁠2Rice3
John Bridgers 1962–⁠19641–⁠2Baylor3
Abe Martin 1962–⁠19640–⁠2–⁠1TCU3
Charles McClendon 1962–⁠19640–⁠3LSU3
Darrell Royal 1962–⁠19640–⁠3Texas3
Frank Broyles 1962–⁠19640–⁠3Arkansas3

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

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
SMUseries32–⁠1
Baylorseries31–⁠2
Riceseries31–⁠2
Houstonseries31–⁠2
Texas Techseries31–⁠2
Arkansasseries30–⁠3
LSUseries30–⁠3
Texasseries30–⁠3

Also a player: Hank Foldberg’s playing career.

Career

YearsTeamJob
1950PurdueAssistant coach
1951Texas A&MAssistant coach
1952–⁠59FloridaAssistant coach and line coach
1960–⁠61WichitaHead coach
1960–⁠61Wichita StateHead coach
1962–⁠64Texas A&MHead coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included. Head-coaching seasons the infobox leaves out come from our records.

Coaching tree

Worked under

Hank Foldberg
Worked under (3)
Head coachTeamYearsHis job
Stuart HolcombPurdue1950Assistant coach
Ray GeorgeTexas A&M1951Assistant coach
Bob WoodruffFlorida1952–⁠59Assistant coach and line 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.