Jack Ryan
Jack Ryan went 44–11–11 as a head coach, 1911–1924, at St. Thomas, Marquette and Wisconsin. Share
Seven seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1911–12 at St. Thomas; 1917–21 at Marquette. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 44–11–11 career
- Seasons
- 9
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1923 3–3–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | St. Thomas * | 5–0–1 | ||||
| 1912 | St. Thomas * | 6–0–1 | ||||
| 1913–16: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1917 | Marquette * | 8–0–1 | ||||
| 1918 | Marquette * | 2–0–1 | ||||
| 1919 | Marquette * | 5–1–2 | ||||
| 1920 | Marquette * | 7–2 | ||||
| 1921 | Marquette * | 6–2–1 | ||||
| 1922: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1923 | Wisconsin | 3–3–1 | 7th | |||
| 1924 | Wisconsin | 2–3–3 | T–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
Marty BelowConsensus All‑American, 1923
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 rivals | 3 | 0–1–2 | 33% |
| Conference games | 9 | 1–5–3 | 28% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 7 | 1–2–4 | 43% |
| At home | 10 | 4–3–3 | 55% |
| On the road | 5 | 1–3–1 | 30% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 8 | 5–0–3 | 81% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 7 | 0–6–1 | 7% |
His own 15 games on file, 1923–1924, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Coeseries | 2 | 1–0–1 |
| Chicagoseries | 2 | 0–1–1 |
| Michiganseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Minnesotaseries | 2 | 0–0–2 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Indianaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Michigan Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| North Dakotaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1911–12 | St. Thomas (MN) | Head coach | |
| 1916 | Marquette | Advisory | |
| 1917–21 | Marquette | Head coach | |
| 1922 | Dartmouth | Assistant coach | |
| 1923–24 | Wisconsin | Head coach | |
| 1925–29 | Northwestern | Ends coach | |
| 1934–39 | Northwestern | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jackson CannellDartmouth
- Glenn ThistlethwaiteNorthwestern
- Dick HanleyNorthwestern
- Pappy WaldorfNorthwestern
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Cannell | Dartmouth | 1922 | Assistant coach | |
| Glenn Thistlethwaite | Northwestern | 1925–26 | Ends coach | |
| Dick Hanley | Northwestern | 1927–34 | 1927–29: ends coach; 1934: assistant coach | |
| Pappy Waldorf | Northwestern | 1935–39 | 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.