Hunk Anderson
Hunk Anderson went 34–34–5 as a head coach, 1928–1936, at Saint Louis, Notre Dame and NC State. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1928–29 at Saint Louis. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 34–34–5 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1932 7–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Saint Louis * | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1929 | Saint Louis * | 3–4–1 | ||||
| 1930: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1931 | Notre Dame | 6–2–1 | ||||
| 1932 | Notre Dame | 7–2 | ||||
| 1933 | Notre Dame | 3–5–1 | ||||
| 1934 | NC State | 2–6–1 | 8th | |||
| 1935 | NC State | 6–4 | T–5th | |||
| 1936 | NC State | 3–7 | 12th | |||
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.
Players he coached
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Tommy YarrConsensus All‑American, 1931- Joe KurthConsensus All‑American, 1932
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 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 26 | 8–16–2 | 35% |
| Conference games | 15 | 5–9–1 | 37% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 22 | 7–12–3 | 39% |
| At home | 28 | 15–11–2 | 57% |
| On the road | 28 | 12–15–1 | 45% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 34 | 20–12–2 | 62% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 22 | 7–14–1 | 34% |
His own 56 games on file, 1931–1936, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Hanley 1931–1933 | 2–0–1 | Northwestern | 3 | |
| Rip Miller 1931–1933 | 2–1 | Navy | 3 | |
| Henry Redd 1934–1936 | 2–1 | Virginia Tech | 3 | |
| Jock Sutherland 1931–1933 | 1–2 | Pittsburgh | 3 | |
| Jim Weaver 1934–1936 | 1–2 | Wake Forest | 3 | |
| Howard Jones 1931–1933 | 0–3 | USC | 3 | |
| Wallace Wade 1934–1936 | 0–3 | Duke | 3 |
Hunk Anderson’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Northwesternseries | 3 | 2–0–1 |
| Virginia Techseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Armyseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Carnegie Mellonseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Davidsonseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Navyseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Wake Forestseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Pittsburghseries | 3 | 1–2 |
Also a player: Hunk Anderson’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | Notre Dame | Assistant coach | |
| 1928–29 | Saint Louis | Head coach | |
| 1930 | Notre Dame | Line coach | |
| 1931–33 | Notre Dame | Head coach | |
| 1934–36 | NC State | Head coach | |
| 1937 | Michigan | Line coach | |
| 1939 | Detroit Lions NFL | Assistant coach | |
| 1942–45 | Chicago Bears NFL | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Knute RockneNotre Dame
- Harry KipkeMichigan
- Gus HendersonDetroit Lions
Assistants who became head coaches
- Jack ChevignyTexas, Chicago Cardinals, St. Edward’s
- Marchy SchwartzCreighton, Stanford
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knute Rockne | Notre Dame | 1927–30 | 1927: assistant coach; 1930: line coach | |
| Harry Kipke | Michigan | 1937 | Line coach | |
| Gus Henderson | Detroit Lions NFL | 1939 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Chevigny | Notre Dame, 1931: assistant coach | Texas, Chicago Cardinals, St. Edward’s | |
| Marchy Schwartz | Notre Dame, 1932–33: assistant coach | Creighton, Stanford |
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.