Horace Hendrickson
Horace Hendrickson went 35–28–1 as a head coach, 1937–1953, at Elon and NC State. Share
Five seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1937–41 at Elon. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 35–28–1 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1952 3–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Elon * | 7–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1938 | Elon * | 6–3 | T–1st | |||
| 1939 | Elon * | 5–5 | 3rd | |||
| 1940 | Elon * | 5–2–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1941 | Elon * | 8–1 | 1st | |||
| 1942–51: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1952 | NC State | 3–7 | T–10th | |||
| 1953 | NC State | 1–9 | 7th | |||
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 | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Conference games | 9 | 2–7 | 22% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| At home | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
| On the road | 12 | 1–11 | 8% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 16 | 1–15 | 6% |
His own 20 games on file, 1952–1953, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Davidsonseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Florida Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Dukeseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Wake Forestseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Pittsburghseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| William & Maryseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| George Washingtonseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Washington and Leeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1934–36 | Duke | Assistant freshmen | |
| 1937–41 | Elon | Head coach | |
| 1942–47 | Penn | Backfield coach | |
| 1948 | Brooklyn Dodgers NFL | Backfield coach | |
| 1949–50 | Duke | Freshman coach | |
| 1951 | NC State | Backfield coach | |
| 1952–53 | NC State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Wallace WadeDuke
- George MungerPennsylvania
- Carl VoylesBrooklyn Dodgers
- Beattie FeathersNC State
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Wade | Duke | 1934–50 | 1934–36: assistant freshmen; 1949–50: freshman coach | |
| George Munger | Pennsylvania | 1942–47 | Backfield coach | |
| Carl Voyles | Brooklyn Dodgers NFL | 1948 | Backfield coach | |
| Beattie Feathers | NC State | 1951 | Backfield 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.