Jack Harding
Jack Harding went 54–32–3 as a head coach, 1937–1947, at Miami. Share
- Record
- 54–32–3 career
- Seasons
- 9
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Hall of Fame
- 1980 inducted
- Best season
- 1945 9–1–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Miami | 4–4–1 | T–5th | |||
| 1938 | Miami | 8–2 | 3rd | |||
| 1939 | Miami | 5–5 | 4th | |||
| 1940 | Miami | 3–7 | T–9th | |||
| 1941 | Miami | 8–2 | T–2nd | |||
| 1942 | Miami | 7–2 | ||||
| 1943–44: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1945 | Miami | 9–1–1 | Orange Bowl W | |||
| 1946 | Miami | 8–2 | ||||
| 1947 | Miami | 2–7–1 | ||||
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 game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 8 | 4–4 | 50% |
| Conference games | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 29 | 15–11–3 | 57% |
| At home | 74 | 46–26–2 | 64% |
| On the road | 14 | 7–6–1 | 54% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 48 | 35–11–2 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 41 | 19–21–1 | 48% |
His own 89 games on file, 1937–1947, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Enright 1939–1947 | 2–3 | South Carolina | 5 | |
| Tom Lieb 1940–1945 | 2–2 | Florida | 4 | |
| Vee Green 1937–1939 | 1–2 | Drake | 3 | |
| Wallace Butts 1939–1945 | 0–3 | Georgia | 3 |
Jack Harding’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Floridaseries | 8 | 4–4 |
| South Carolinaseries | 7 | 2–4–1 |
| Tampaseries | 6 | 5–1 |
| Rollinsseries | 6 | 5–1 |
| Georgiaseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Catholicseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| NC Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Texas Techseries | 3 | 2–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1926–36 | St. Thomas (PA) | Head coach | |
| 1937–42 | Miami (FL) | Head coach | |
| 1945–47 | Miami (FL) | 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
- Walter KichefskiMiami
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Kichefski | Miami, 1945–47: assistant coach | Miami |
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.