J.W. Hancock
J.W. Hancock went 33–31–5 as a head coach, 1927–1937, at Mississippi State and Northern Colorado. Share
- Record
- 33–31–5 career
- Seasons
- 9
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1934 6–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | Mississippi State | 5–3 | ||
| 1928 | Mississippi State | 2–4–2 | ||
| 1929 | Mississippi State | 1–5–2 | ||
| 1930–31: not a college head coach | ||||
| 1932 | Northern Colorado | 4–2–1 | ||
| 1933 | Northern Colorado | 4–3 | ||
| 1934 | Northern Colorado | 6–1 | ||
| 1935 | Northern Colorado | 4–3 | ||
| 1936 | Northern Colorado | 5–4 | ||
| 1937 | Northern Colorado | 2–6 | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 8 | 0–7–1 | 6% |
| Conference games | 48 | 22–24–2 | 48% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 32 | 14–13–5 | 52% |
| At home | 40 | 20–18–2 | 53% |
| On the road | 29 | 13–13–3 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 27 | 18–7–2 | 70% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 42 | 15–24–3 | 39% |
His own 69 games on file, 1927–1937, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Witte 1933–1937 | 3–1 | Wyoming | 4 | |
| Ott Romney 1932–1936 | 0–4 | BYU | 4 | |
| Bernie Bierman 1927–1929 | 1–2 | Tulane | 3 | |
| Homer Hazel 1927–1929 | 0–2–1 | Ole Miss | 3 | |
| Harry Hughes 1932–1936 | 0–3 | Colorado State | 3 |
J.W. Hancock’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Western Coloradoseries | 6 | 5–1 |
| Colorado School of Minesseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Wyomingseries | 5 | 3–1–1 |
| BYUseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Montana Stateseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Tulaneseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| LSUseries | 3 | 0–3 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Charles NobleMississippi College, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
- Ray DauberMississippi State, Case Western Reserve
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Noble | Mississippi State, 1927–29: assistant coach | Mississippi College, Mississippi State, Ole Miss | |
| Ray Dauber | Mississippi State, 1929: assistant coach | Mississippi State, Case Western Reserve |
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.