Henry McEver
Henry McEver went 9–8–1 as a head coach, 1942–1945, at Virginia Tech. Share
- Record
- 9–8–1 career
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1942 7–2–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Virginia Tech | 7–2–1 | ||
| 1943–44: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1945 | Virginia Tech | 2–6 | ||
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 | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Conference games | 13 | 7–6 | 54% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 6 | 3–2–1 | 58% |
| At home | 6 | 4–2 | 67% |
| On the road | 7 | 2–4–1 | 36% |
| At neutral sites | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 11 | 9–2 | 82% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 7 | 0–6–1 | 7% |
His own 18 games on file, 1942–1945, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Richmondseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Virginiaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| VMIseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| William & Maryseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Marylandseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Furmanseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Catawbaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Davidsonseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Gene McEverDavidson, North Carolina
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gene McEver | Virginia Tech, 1945: backfield coach | Davidson, North Carolina |
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.