J.A. Van Fleet, head coach at Florida
Photo: Unknown War photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

J.A. Van Fleet

J.A. Van Fleet went 12–⁠3–⁠4 as a head coach, 1923–⁠1924, at Florida.

Record
12–⁠3–⁠4 career
Seasons
2
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1923 6–⁠1–⁠2

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1615 in 1924
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1923Florida6–⁠1–⁠22nd
1924Florida6–⁠2–⁠23rd

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.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against rivals11–⁠0
Conference games63–⁠0–⁠3
Decided by 8 points or fewer50–⁠1–⁠4
At home99–⁠0
On the road103–⁠3–⁠4
As our Elo’s favorite1311–⁠1–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog61–⁠2–⁠3

His own 19 games on file, 1923–⁠1924, 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

OpponentGamesRecord
Wake Forestseries22–⁠0
Florida Southernseries22–⁠0
Rollinsseries22–⁠0
Mississippi Stateseries21–⁠0–⁠1
Mercerseries21–⁠1
Georgia Techseries20–⁠0–⁠2
Armyseries20–⁠2
Stetsonseries11–⁠0