Hobbs Adams
Hobbs Adams went 13–24–2 as a head coach, 1940–1946, at Kansas State and Jacksonville NAS. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1942 at Jacksonville NAS. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 13–24–2 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1941 2–5–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Kansas State | 2–7 | 5th | |||
| 1941 | Kansas State | 2–5–2 | 5th | |||
| 1942 | Jacksonville NAS * | 9–3 | ||||
| 1943–45: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1946 | Kansas State | 0–9 | 6th | |||
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 ranked teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 16 | 2–13–1 | 16% |
| Conference games | 15 | 2–12–1 | 17% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 11 | 3–6–2 | 36% |
| At home | 11 | 4–6–1 | 41% |
| On the road | 16 | 0–15–1 | 3% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 5 | 2–2–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 22 | 2–19–1 | 11% |
His own 27 games on file, 1940–1946, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Faurot 1940–1946 | 0–3 | Missouri | 3 |
Hobbs Adams’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nebraskaseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Kansasseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
| Missouriseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Oklahomaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| South Carolinaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Arizonaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Emporia Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Other roles
- Team captain, USC 1925
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935–39 | USC | Assistant coach | |
| 1940–41 | Kansas State | Head coach | |
| 1942 | Jacksonville NAS service team | Head coach | |
| 1946 | Kansas State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Howard JonesUSC
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Jones | USC | 1935–39 | Assistant coach |
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.