James Herron
James Herron went 15–24–5 as a head coach, 1922–1928, at Indiana, Duke and Washington and Lee. Share
Three seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1926–28 at Washington and Lee. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 15–24–5 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1925 4–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | Indiana | 1–4–2 | 9th | |||
| 1923–24: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1925 | Duke | 4–5 | ||||
| 1926 | Washington and Lee * | 4–3–2 | T–7th | |||
| 1927 | Washington and Lee * | 4–4–1 | T–12th | |||
| 1928 | Washington and Lee * | 2–8 | T–20th | |||
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 rivals | 5 | 1–3–1 | 30% |
| Conference games | 3 | 0–2–1 | 17% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 5 | 3–0–2 | 80% |
| At home | 9 | 3–5–1 | 39% |
| On the road | 7 | 2–4–1 | 36% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 9 | 5–2–2 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 7 | 0–7 | 0% |
His own 16 games on file, 1922–1925, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Richmondseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Elonseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Guilfordseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Woffordseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| DePauwseries | 1 | 0–0–1 |
| Notre Dameseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Minnesotaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Also a player: James P. Herron’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920–21 | Pittsburgh | Assistant coach | |
| 1922 | Indiana | Head coach | |
| 1923–24 | Pittsburgh | Assistant coach | |
| 1925 | Duke | Head coach | |
| 1926–28 | Washington and Lee | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Pop WarnerPittsburgh
- Jock SutherlandPittsburgh
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop Warner | Pittsburgh | 1920–23 | Assistant coach | |
| Jock Sutherland | Pittsburgh | 1924 | 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.