Jack Lengyel
Jack Lengyel went 32–55 as a head coach, 1966–1974, at Wooster and Marshall. Share
Five seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1966–70 at Wooster. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 32–55 career
- Seasons
- 9
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1973 4–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Wooster * | 1–8 | 12th | |||
| 1967 | Wooster * | 6–3 | T–2nd | |||
| 1968 | Wooster * | 6–3 | T–4th | |||
| 1969 | Wooster * | 3–6 | T–9th | |||
| 1970 | Wooster * | 7–2 | T–3rd | |||
| 1971 | Marshall | 2–8 | ||||
| 1972 | Marshall | 2–8 | ||||
| 1973 | Marshall | 4–7 | ||||
| 1974 | Marshall | 1–10 |
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 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 13 | 6–7 | 46% |
| At home | 21 | 7–14 | 33% |
| On the road | 21 | 2–19 | 10% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 11 | 5–6 | 45% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 31 | 4–27 | 13% |
His own 42 games on file, 1971–1974, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hess 1971–1974 | 1–3 | Ohio | 4 | |
| Don Nehlen 1971–1974 | 1–3 | Bowling Green | 4 | |
| Jack Murphy 1971–1974 | 1–3 | Toledo | 4 | |
| Jerry Ippoliti 1971–1974 | 1–3 | Northern Illinois | 4 | |
| Bill Doolittle 1971–1974 | 0–4 | Western Michigan | 4 | |
| Don James 1971–1974 | 0–4 | Kent State | 4 | |
| Bill Mallory 1971–1973 | 0–3 | Miami (OH) | 3 |
Jack Lengyel’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Morehead Stateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Ohioseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Daytonseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Northern Illinoisseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Toledoseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Miami (OH)series | 4 | 0–4 |
| Kent Stateseries | 4 | 0–4 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Akron | Assistant coach | |
| 1961–62 | Heidelberg | Assistant coach | |
| 1963–65 | Cornell | Assistant coach | |
| 1966–70 | Wooster | Head coach | |
| 1971–74 | Marshall | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Tom HarpCornell
Coached under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| William “Red” Dawson | Marshall, 1971: defensive coordinator |
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.