Jack Curtice
Jack Curtice went 135–117–8 as a head coach, 1940–1969, at West Texas State, West Texas, UTEP, Utah, Stanford, UC Santa Barbara and California–Santa Barbara. Share
Seven seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1940 at West Texas State (on file under another coach); 1963–68 at UC Santa Barbara. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 135–117–8 career
- Seasons
- 26
- Schools
- 7
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1941 8–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | West Texas State * | 7–3 | 1st | |||
| 1941 | West Texas | 8–2 | 3rd | |||
| 1942–45: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1946 | UTEP | 3–6 | 7th | |||
| 1947 | UTEP | 5–3–1 | 5th | |||
| 1948 | UTEP | 8–2–1 | 2nd | Sun Bowl L | ||
| 1949 | UTEP | 8–2–1 | T–3rd | Sun Bowl W | ||
| 1950 | Utah | 3–4–3 | 4th | |||
| 1951 | Utah | 7–4 | 1st | |||
| 1952 | Utah | 6–3–1 | 1st | |||
| 1953 | Utah | 8–2 | 1st | |||
| 1954 | Utah | 4–7 | T–4th | |||
| 1955 | Utah | 6–3 | 2nd | |||
| 1956 | Utah | 5–5 | 2nd | |||
| 1957 | Utah | 6–4 | 1st | |||
| 1958 | Stanford | 2–8 | 7th | |||
| 1959 | Stanford | 3–7 | 5th | |||
| 1960 | Stanford | 0–10 | 5th | |||
| 1961 | Stanford | 4–6 | T–4th | |||
| 1962 | Stanford | 5–5 | 4th | |||
| 1963 | UC Santa Barbara * | 4–5 | ||||
| 1964 | UC Santa Barbara * | 4–7 | ||||
| 1965 | UC Santa Barbara * | 8–2 | Camellia L | |||
| 1966 | UC Santa Barbara * | 6–4 | ||||
| 1967 | UC Santa Barbara * | 5–5 | ||||
| 1968 | UC Santa Barbara * | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1969 | California–Santa Barbara | 6–4 | T–5th | |||
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 ranked teams | 10 | 1–9 | 10% |
| Against top-10 teams | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Against rivals | 56 | 26–27–3 | 49% |
| Conference games | 101 | 55–42–4 | 56% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 63 | 28–28–7 | 50% |
| At home | 104 | 57–43–4 | 57% |
| On the road | 83 | 37–43–3 | 46% |
| At neutral sites | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 109 | 70–32–7 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 82 | 27–55 | 33% |
His own 191 games on file, 1941–1969, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Woodson 1941–1954 | 1–6–1 | Hardin Simmons, Arizona | 8 | |
| Dallas Ward 1950–1957 | 0–7–1 | Colorado | 8 | |
| Charles Atkinson 1949–1955 | 6–0–1 | BYU | 7 | |
| John Roning 1951–1957 | 5–2 | Utah State, Denver | 7 | |
| Len Casanova 1954–1962 | 1–6 | Oregon | 7 | |
| Robert Davis 1950–1955 | 4–2 | Colorado State | 6 | |
| Raymond Curfman 1946–1953 | 3–1–1 | New Mexico State, Idaho | 5 | |
| Bill Barnes 1958–1962 | 2–3 | UCLA | 5 | |
| Tommy Prothro 1958–1962 | 2–3 | Oregon State | 5 | |
| Jim Owens 1958–1962 | 1–4 | Washington | 5 |
Jack Curtice’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 |
|---|---|---|
| BYUseries | 11 | 9–1–1 |
| Arizonaseries | 9 | 5–4 |
| Utah Stateseries | 8 | 7–1 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 8 | 6–2 |
| Denverseries | 8 | 5–2–1 |
| Wyomingseries | 8 | 4–4 |
| Idahoseries | 8 | 3–4–1 |
| Coloradoseries | 8 | 0–7–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932–37 | Owensboro HS (KY) high school | Head coach | |
| 1938–39 | West Texas State | Assistant coach | |
| 1940–41 | West Texas State | Head coach | |
| 1946–49 | Texas Mines / Texas Western | Head coach | |
| 1950–57 | Utah | Head coach | |
| 1958–62 | Stanford | Head coach | |
| 1963–69 | UC Santa Barbara | Head coach | |
| 1969 | California–Santa Barbara | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included. Head-coaching seasons the infobox leaves out come from our records.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Homer SmithDavidson, Pacific, Army
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Smith | Stanford, 1958–59: freshman coach; 1960: backfield coach | Davidson, Pacific, Army |
Other assistants under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Chet Franklin | Stanford, 1959: assistant coach |
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.