Jess Hill
Jess Hill went 45–17–1 as a head coach, 1951–1956, at USC. Share
- Record
- 45–17–1 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 1 season
- Best season
- 1952 10–1, No. 5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | USC | 7–3 | 4th | |||
| 1952 | USC | 10–1 | 1st | Rose Bowl W | 5 | |
| 1953 | USC | 6–3–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1954 | USC | 8–4 | 2nd | Rose Bowl L | 17 | |
| 1955 | USC | 6–4 | 6th | 13 | ||
| 1956 | USC | 8–2 | T–2nd | 18 |
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.
Players he coached
Elmer WillhoiteConsensus All‑American, 1952
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 16 | 9–7 | 56% |
| Against top-10 teams | 11 | 4–7 | 36% |
| Against rivals | 22 | 9–13 | 41% |
| Conference games | 39 | 28–10–1 | 73% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 23 | 13–9–1 | 59% |
| At home | 36 | 28–8 | 78% |
| On the road | 25 | 16–8–1 | 66% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 48 | 36–11–1 | 76% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 15 | 9–6 | 60% |
His own 63 games on file, 1951–1956, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pappy Waldorf 1951–1956 | 6–0 | California | 6 | |
| Chuck Taylor 1951–1956 | 3–3 | Stanford | 6 | |
| Red Sanders 1951–1956 | 2–4 | UCLA | 6 | |
| Kip Taylor 1951–1954 | 4–0 | Oregon State | 4 | |
| Alton Kircher 1952–1955 | 4–0 | Washington State | 4 | |
| Len Casanova 1953–1956 | 2–2 | Oregon | 4 | |
| Terry Brennan 1954–1956 | 2–1 | Notre Dame | 3 | |
| John Cherberg 1953–1955 | 1–1–1 | Washington | 3 | |
| Frank Leahy 1951–1953 | 0–3 | Notre Dame | 3 |
Jess Hill’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Californiaseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| Washington Stateseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| Washingtonseries | 6 | 4–1–1 |
| Stanfordseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| UCLAseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Notre Dameseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Oregon Stateseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Oregonseries | 4 | 2–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930–33 | Riverside | Co-head coach | |
| 1934–39 | Corona HS (CA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1940–41 | Long Beach | Head coach | |
| 1946–48 | USC | Assistant coach | |
| 1951–56 | USC | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jeff CravathUSC
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Cravath | USC | 1946–48 | 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.