Homer Hobbs
Homer Hobbs went 6–24 as a head coach in the games on file: 1955 at Furman, 1956 at Furman and 1957 at Furman. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 6–24 games on file
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1957 3–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Furman | 1–9 | ||
| 1956 | Furman | 2–8 | ||
| 1957 | Furman | 3–7 |
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 | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Conference games | 9 | 5–4 | 56% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 11 | 5–6 | 45% |
| At home | 16 | 6–10 | 38% |
| On the road | 14 | 0–14 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 24 | 5–19 | 21% |
His own 30 games on file, 1955–1957, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Howard 1955–1957 | 0–3 | Clemson | 3 | |
| Thomas Nugent 1955–1957 | 0–3 | Florida State | 3 |
Homer Hobbs’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Davidsonseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| The Citadelseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Florida Stateseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Clemsonseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| South Carolinaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Woffordseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| George Washingtonseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Auburnseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Johnny GriffithGeorgia, South Georgia
- Bill CrutchfieldAtlantic Christian, Presbyterian
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Griffith | Furman, 1955: backfield coach | Georgia, South Georgia | |
| Bill Crutchfield | Furman, 1957: backfield coach | Atlantic Christian, Presbyterian |
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.