Harry Hughes
Harry Hughes went 125–96–18 as a head coach, 1911–1946, at Colorado State. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (1917, 1–7–1); by them his record is 126–96–18. Share
- Record
- 125–96–18 career
- Seasons
- 32
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1915 7–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Colorado State | 0–6 | ||
| 1912 | Colorado State | 3–2 | ||
| 1913 | Colorado State | 3–2 | ||
| 1914 | Colorado State | 3–4 | ||
| 1915 | Colorado State | 7–0 | ||
| 1916 | Colorado State | 6–0–1 | ||
| 1917 | Colorado State | 0–7–1 (Wikipedia: 1–7–1) | ||
| 1918 | Colorado State | 0–2 | ||
| 1919 | Colorado State | 7–1 | ||
| 1920 | Colorado State | 6–1–1 | ||
| 1921 | Colorado State | 2–3–1 | ||
| 1922 | Colorado State | 5–2–1 | ||
| 1923 | Colorado State | 5–2–1 | ||
| 1924 | Colorado State | 4–2 | ||
| 1925 | Colorado State | 9–1 | ||
| 1926 | Colorado State | 6–2–1 | ||
| 1927 | Colorado State | 7–1 | ||
| 1928 | Colorado State | 6–2 | ||
| 1929 | Colorado State | 5–4 | ||
| 1930 | Colorado State | 3–5–1 | ||
| 1931 | Colorado State | 5–4 | ||
| 1932 | Colorado State | 4–3–1 | ||
| 1933 | Colorado State | 5–1–1 | ||
| 1934 | Colorado State | 6–2–1 | ||
| 1935 | Colorado State | 3–4–1 | ||
| 1936 | Colorado State | 4–4–1 | ||
| 1937 | Colorado State | 1–7 | ||
| 1938 | Colorado State | 1–5–2 | ||
| 1939 | Colorado State | 2–7 | ||
| 1940 | Colorado State | 3–4–2 | ||
| 1941 | Colorado State | 4–2–1 | ||
| 1942–45: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1946 | Colorado State interim, 32nd season, final 4 games | 0–4 | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 60 | 30–25–5 | 54% |
| Conference games | 209 | 115–77–17 | 59% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 83 | 27–38–18 | 43% |
| At home | 106 | 63–38–5 | 62% |
| On the road | 132 | 61–58–13 | 51% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 140 | 98–31–11 | 74% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 99 | 27–65–7 | 31% |
His own 239 games on file, 1911–1946, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Lowell Romney 1919–1941 | 14–7–1 | Utah State | 22 | |
| Ike Armstrong 1926–1946 | 2–15 | Utah | 17 | |
| Myron Witham 1920–1931 | 4–7–1 | Colorado | 12 | |
| John Corbett 1915–1923 | 8–1–1 | Wyoming | 10 | |
| William Saunders 1928–1938 | 5–3–1 | Northern Colorado, Colorado, Denver | 9 | |
| Dutch Witte 1933–1938 | 3–1–2 | Wyoming | 6 | |
| Bunny Oakes 1935–1941 | 1–5 | Colorado, Wyoming | 6 | |
| Fred Dawson 1921–1928 | 3–2 | Nebraska, Denver | 5 | |
| Fred Folsom 1911–1915 | 2–3 | Colorado | 5 | |
| Edwin Kimball 1938–1946 | 1–3–1 | BYU | 5 |
Harry Hughes’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coloradoseries | 32 | 10–21–1 |
| Denverseries | 31 | 16–11–4 |
| Wyomingseries | 28 | 20–4–4 |
| Utah Stateseries | 28 | 18–9–1 |
| Colorado School of Minesseries | 27 | 19–7–1 |
| Colorado Collegeseries | 25 | 13–8–4 |
| Utahseries | 22 | 5–17 |
| BYUseries | 11 | 7–3–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Rudy LavikNorthern Arizona, Arizona State, Concordia (MN)
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Lavik | Colorado State, 1925–26: line coach | Northern Arizona, Arizona State, Concordia (MN) |
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.