Harold Kopp
Harold Kopp went 51–39–6 as a head coach, 1950–1975, at Rhode Island State, Rhode Island, BYU and Bentley. Share
Nine seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1950 at Rhode Island State; 1952–55 at Rhode Island; 1972–75 at Bentley. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 51–39–6 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 4
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1958 6–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Rhode Island State * | 3–5 | 3rd | |||
| 1951: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1952 | Rhode Island * | 7–1 | T–1st | |||
| 1953 | Rhode Island * | 6–2 | T–1st | |||
| 1954 | Rhode Island * | 6–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1955 | Rhode Island * | 6–1–2 | 1st | Refrigerator L | ||
| 1956 | BYU | 2–7–1 | 7th | |||
| 1957 | BYU | 5–3–2 | 2nd | |||
| 1958 | BYU | 6–4 | 3rd | |||
| 1959–71: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1972 | Bentley * | 4–2–1 | ||||
| 1973 | Bentley * | 2–3 | ||||
| 1974 | Bentley * | 3–3 | ||||
| 1975 | Bentley * | 1–6 | ||||
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 | 6 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Conference games | 21 | 11–8–2 | 57% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 10 | 3–4–3 | 45% |
| At home | 12 | 7–5 | 58% |
| On the road | 17 | 5–9–3 | 38% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 11 | 8–3 | 73% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 19 | 5–11–3 | 34% |
His own 30 games on file, 1956–1958, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everett Faunce 1956–1958 | 2–1 | Utah State | 3 | |
| John Roning 1956–1958 | 2–1 | Denver | 3 | |
| Tuffy Mullison 1956–1958 | 1–1–1 | Colorado State | 3 |
Harold Kopp’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 |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexicoseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Montanaseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Utah Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Denverseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 3 | 1–1–1 |
| Utahseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Fresno Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Wyomingseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937–40 | Northeastern | Line coach | |
| 1941–43 | Brown | Line coach | |
| 1950 | Rhode Island State | Head coach | |
| 1952–55 | Rhode Island | Head coach | |
| 1956–58 | BYU | Head coach | |
| 1959 | Boston University | Line coach | |
| 1960 | Connecticut | Line coach | |
| 1964–70 | Waltham HS (MA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1972–75 | Bentley | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Skip StahleyBrown
Assistants who became head coaches
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skip Stahley | Brown | 1941–43 | Line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tally Stevens | BYU, 1956–58: 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.