Herman Hickman
Herman Hickman went 16–17–2 as a head coach in the games on file: 1948 at Yale, 1949 at Yale, 1950 at Yale and 1951 at Yale. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 16–17–2 games on file
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1950 6–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Yale | 4–5 | ||
| 1949 | Yale | 4–4 | ||
| 1950 | Yale | 6–3 | ||
| 1951 | Yale | 2–5–2 |
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 ranked teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 8 | 2–5–1 | 31% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 15 | 6–7–2 | 47% |
| At home | 27 | 13–12–2 | 52% |
| On the road | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 21 | 13–6–2 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 14 | 3–11 | 21% |
His own 35 games on file, 1948–1951, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Little 1948–1951 | 2–2 | Columbia | 4 | |
| Charles Caldwell 1948–1951 | 0–4 | Princeton | 4 | |
| DeOrmond McLaughry 1948–1951 | 0–4 | Dartmouth | 4 | |
| George James 1949–1951 | 0–3 | Cornell | 3 |
Herman Hickman’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Harvardseries | 4 | 2–1–1 |
| Columbiaseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Brownseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Dartmouthseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Princetonseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| UConnseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Cornellseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Holy Crossseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Also a player: Herman Hickman’s playing career.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- D.C. WalkerWake Forest, Barton, Elon, Montreal Alouettes
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.C. Walker | Yale, 1951: assistant coach | Wake Forest, Barton, Elon, Montreal Alouettes |
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.