Harry Mehre
Harry Mehre went 98–60–7 as a head coach, 1928–1945, at Georgia and Ole Miss. Share
- Record
- 98–60–7 career
- Seasons
- 17
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1941 6–2–1, No. 17
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Georgia | 4–5 | 17th | |||
| 1929 | Georgia | 6–4 | T–7th | |||
| 1930 | Georgia | 7–2–1 | 10th | |||
| 1931 | Georgia | 8–2 | 4th | |||
| 1932 | Georgia | 2–5–2 | 15th | |||
| 1933 | Georgia | 8–2 | 3rd | |||
| 1934 | Georgia | 7–3 | 5th | |||
| 1935 | Georgia | 6–4 | 11th | |||
| 1936 | Georgia | 5–4–1 | T–6th | |||
| 1937 | Georgia | 6–3–2 | 10th | |||
| 1938 | Ole Miss | 9–2 | 4th | |||
| 1939 | Ole Miss | 7–2 | T–5th | |||
| 1940 | Ole Miss | 9–2 | 3rd | |||
| 1941 | Ole Miss | 6–2–1 | 5th | 17 | ||
| 1942 | Ole Miss | 2–7 | T–11th | |||
| 1943: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1944 | Ole Miss | 2–6 | 7th | |||
| 1945 | Ole Miss | 4–5 | T–5th | |||
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.
Players he coached
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Parker HallNo. 3 pick, 1939
Vernon SmithConsensus All‑American, 1931
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 10 | 2–7–1 | 25% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 1–2–1 | 38% |
| Against rivals | 72 | 38–30–4 | 56% |
| Conference games | 92 | 44–42–6 | 51% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 58 | 31–20–7 | 59% |
| At home | 63 | 47–14–2 | 76% |
| On the road | 84 | 43–37–4 | 54% |
| At neutral sites | 18 | 8–9–1 | 47% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 105 | 79–23–3 | 77% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 60 | 19–37–4 | 35% |
His own 165 games on file, 1928–1945, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Alexander 1928–1937 | 6–2–2 | Georgia Tech | 10 | |
| Bernie Moore 1928–1945 | 5–4 | Mercer, LSU | 9 | |
| Allyn McKeen 1939–1945 | 2–4 | Mississippi State | 6 | |
| Chuck Collins 1929–1933 | 4–0–1 | North Carolina | 5 | |
| Charlie Bachman 1928–1932 | 2–2–1 | Florida | 5 | |
| Mal Stevens 1928–1931 | 3–1 | Yale | 4 | |
| Red Dawson 1936–1941 | 3–1 | Tulane | 4 | |
| Chet Wynne 1930–1933 | 2–2 | Auburn | 4 | |
| Ted Cox 1932–1935 | 2–2 | Tulane | 4 | |
| Bernie Bierman 1928–1931 | 1–3 | Tulane | 4 |
Harry Mehre’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Floridaseries | 12 | 7–4–1 |
| Tulaneseries | 12 | 6–6 |
| Georgia Techseries | 10 | 6–2–2 |
| Auburnseries | 10 | 5–4–1 |
| LSUseries | 9 | 4–5 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| Mercerseries | 6 | 6–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Minneapolis Marines NFL | Head coach | |
| 1923 | St. Thomas (MN) | Line coach | |
| 1924–27 | Georgia | Assistant coach | |
| 1928–37 | Georgia | Head coach | |
| 1938–45 | Ole Miss | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- George WoodruffGeorgia
Assistants who became head coaches
- Frank ThomasChattanooga, Alabama
- Rex EnrightSouth Carolina, Georgia Pre-Flight
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Woodruff | Georgia | 1924–27 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Thomas | Georgia, 1929–30: backfield coach | Chattanooga, Alabama | |
| Rex Enright | Georgia, 1931–37: assistant coach | South Carolina, Georgia Pre-Flight |
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.