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Jim Aiken
Jim Aiken went 59–49–3 as a head coach, 1936–1950, at Akron, Nevada and Oregon. Wikipedia’s season articles record five seasons differently (1941, 3–5–1, 1942, 4–3–1, 1943, 4–1–1, 1944, 4–4 and 1945, 7–3); by them his record is 78–53–5. Share
Five seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1936–38 at Akron; 1939–40 at Nevada (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 59–49–3 career
- Seasons
- 15
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 1 season
- Best season
- 1948 9–2, No. 9
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Akron * | 6–2–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1937 | Akron * | 7–2 | ||||
| 1938 | Akron * | 6–3 | ||||
| 1939 | Nevada * | 5–4 | 2nd | |||
| 1940 | Nevada * | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1941 | Nevada | 0–4 (Wikipedia: 3–5–1) | ||||
| 1942 | Nevada | 0–2–1 (Wikipedia: 4–3–1) | ||||
| 1943 | Nevada | 1–1 (Wikipedia: 4–1–1) | ||||
| 1944 | Nevada | 1–2 (Wikipedia: 4–4) | ||||
| 1945 | Nevada | 1–3 (Wikipedia: 7–3) | ||||
| 1946 | Nevada | 7–2 | ||||
| 1947 | Oregon | 7–3 | T–2nd | |||
| 1948 | Oregon | 9–2 | T–1st | Cotton Bowl L | 9 | |
| 1949 | Oregon | 4–6 | T–6th | |||
| 1950 | Oregon | 1–9 | 9th |
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
Ken CarpenterNo. 13 pick, 1950
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 | 7 | 1–6 | 14% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 13 | 7–6 | 54% |
| Conference games | 27 | 14–13 | 52% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 23 | 11–11–1 | 50% |
| At home | 28 | 16–11–1 | 59% |
| On the road | 35 | 14–21 | 40% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 35 | 24–11 | 69% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 31 | 7–23–1 | 24% |
His own 66 games on file, 1941–1950, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie Howell 1947–1950 | 3–1 | Idaho | 4 | |
| Jeff Cravath 1941–1950 | 1–3 | San Francisco, USC | 4 | |
| Phil Sarboe 1947–1949 | 3–0 | Washington State | 3 | |
| Ike Armstrong 1943–1945 | 2–1 | Utah | 3 | |
| Howard Odell 1948–1950 | 1–2 | Washington | 3 | |
| James Phelan 1942–1946 | 0–3 | Saint Mary’s (CA) | 3 |
Jim Aiken’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Mary’s (CA)series | 6 | 2–4 |
| San Franciscoseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Idahoseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Washington Stateseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Oregon Stateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Washingtonseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| UCLAseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Utahseries | 3 | 2–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | Washington HS (PA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1924–25 | Findlay HS (OH) high school | Head coach | |
| 1926–31 | Toledo Scott HS (OH) high school | Head coach | |
| 1932–35 | Canton McKinley HS (OH) high school | Head coach | |
| 1936–38 | Akron | Head coach | |
| 1939–46 | Nevada | Head coach | |
| 1947–50 | Oregon | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- John McKayUSC, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John McKay | Oregon, 1950: assistant coach | USC, Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
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.