Jack Murphy
Jack Murphy went 38–38 as a head coach, 1970–1976, at Heidelberg and Toledo. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1970 at Heidelberg. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 38–38 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1971 12–0, No. 14
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Heidelberg * | 3–6 | T–10th | |||
| 1971 | Toledo | 12–0 | 1st | Tangerine Bowl W | 14 | |
| 1972 | Toledo | 6–5 | T–4th | |||
| 1973 | Toledo | 3–8 | T–5th | |||
| 1974 | Toledo | 6–5 | T–2nd | |||
| 1975 | Toledo | 5–6 | T–5th | |||
| 1976 | Toledo | 3–8 | 8th |
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.
Players he coached
Mel LongConsensus All‑American, 1971
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 12 | 6–6 | 50% |
| Conference games | 36 | 17–19 | 47% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 23 | 13–10 | 57% |
| At home | 31 | 20–11 | 65% |
| On the road | 34 | 13–21 | 38% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 42 | 27–15 | 64% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 25 | 8–17 | 32% |
His own 67 games on file, 1971–1976, 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 1971–1976 | 4–2 | Ohio | 6 | |
| Don Nehlen 1971–1976 | 2–4 | Bowling Green | 6 | |
| Bill Doolittle 1971–1974 | 3–1 | Western Michigan | 4 | |
| Jack Lengyel 1971–1974 | 3–1 | Marshall | 4 | |
| Jerry Ippoliti 1971–1975 | 3–1 | Northern Illinois | 4 | |
| Ron Marciniak 1973–1976 | 2–2 | Dayton | 4 | |
| Don James 1971–1974 | 1–3 | Kent State | 4 | |
| Bill Mallory 1971–1973 | 2–1 | Miami (OH) | 3 | |
| Dick Crum 1974–1976 | 1–2 | Miami (OH) | 3 |
Jack Murphy’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ohioseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Daytonseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Western Michiganseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Miami (OH)series | 6 | 3–3 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Kent Stateseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Marshallseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Northern Illinoisseries | 5 | 4–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Heidelberg (OH) | Assistant coach | |
| 1960–69 | Toledo | Assistant coach | |
| 1970 | Heidelberg (OH) | Head coach | |
| 1971–76 | Toledo | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Clive RushToledo
- Frank LauterburToledo
Assistants who became head coaches
- Charlie SnyderMarshall
- Dan SimrellToledo, Findlay
- Dick StrahmFindlay
- Kit CartwrightButler
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Rush | Toledo | 1960–62 | Assistant coach | |
| Frank Lauterbur | Toledo | 1963–69 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Snyder | Toledo, 1971–76: wide receivers coach | Marshall | |
| Dan Simrell | Toledo, 1971–76: assistant coach | Toledo, Findlay | |
| Dick Strahm | Toledo, 1971–72: defensive coordinator | Findlay | |
| Kit Cartwright | Toledo, 1976: graduate assistant | Butler |
Other assistants under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Dave Hardy | Toledo, 1971: offensive 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.