Hugh Devore
Hugh Devore went 13–26–3 as a head coach, 1945–1963, at Notre Dame and New York University. Share
- Record
- 13–26–3 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 1 season
- Best season
- 1945 7–2–1, No. 9
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Notre Dame | 7–2–1 | 9 | |
| 1946–49: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1950 | New York University | 1–5–1 | ||
| 1951 | New York University | 1–7 | ||
| 1952 | New York University | 2–5–1 | ||
| 1953–62: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1963 | Notre Dame | 2–7 | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 8 | 1–6–1 | 19% |
| Against top-10 teams | 7 | 1–5–1 | 21% |
| Against rivals | 10 | 3–6–1 | 35% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 15 | 5–7–3 | 43% |
| At home | 11 | 6–5 | 55% |
| On the road | 25 | 6–17–2 | 28% |
| At neutral sites | 6 | 1–4–1 | 25% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 18 | 10–5–3 | 64% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 24 | 3–21 | 13% |
His own 42 games on file, 1945–1963, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldo Donelli 1950–1952 | 0–3 | Boston University | 3 | |
| Ed Danowski 1950–1952 | 0–3 | Fordham | 3 | |
| Harvey Harman 1950–1952 | 0–3 | Rutgers | 3 |
Hugh Devore’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merchant Marineseries | 3 | 1–0–2 |
| Rutgersseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Fordhamseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Boston Universityseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Pittsburghseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Lehighseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Holy Crossseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Templeseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Joseph SheeketskiHoly Cross, Nevada
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Sheeketski | Notre Dame, 1945: backfield coach | Holy Cross, Nevada |
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.