J.J. Tigert
J.J. Tigert went 17–6–4 as a head coach, 1909–1916, at Central, Kentucky Wesleyan and Kentucky. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1909 at Central; 1910 at Kentucky Wesleyan (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 17–6–4 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1915 6–1–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Central * | 6–2 | ||||
| 1910 | Kentucky Wesleyan * | 1–2–1 | ||||
| 1911–14: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1915 | Kentucky | 6–1–1 | 9th | |||
| 1916 | Kentucky | 4–1–2 | 10th | |||
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 rivals | 5 | 3–1–1 | 70% |
| Conference games | 5 | 2–2–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 5 | 2–0–3 | 70% |
| At home | 11 | 8–1–2 | 82% |
| On the road | 4 | 2–1–1 | 63% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 11 | 10–0–1 | 95% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 4 | 0–2–2 | 25% |
His own 15 games on file, 1915–1916, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Butlerseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Cincinnatiseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Tennesseeseries | 2 | 1–0–1 |
| Sewaneeseries | 2 | 0–0–2 |
| Louisvilleseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Centreseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Earlhamseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Also a player: John Tigert’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Central (MO) | Head coach | |
| 1910 | Kentucky Wesleyan | Head coach | |
| 1915–16 | Kentucky | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Daddy BolesTCU, Kentucky, Texas Wesleyan, Trinity (TX)
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daddy Boles | Kentucky, 1916: assistant coach | TCU, Kentucky, Texas Wesleyan, Trinity (TX) |
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.