Jim Brakefield
Jim Brakefield went 40–45–3 as a head coach, 1972–1979, at App State. Share
- Record
- 40–45–3 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1975 8–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | App State | 5–5–1 | ||
| 1973 | App State | 3–7–1 | ||
| 1974 | App State | 6–5 | ||
| 1975 | App State | 8–3 | ||
| 1976 | App State | 6–4–1 | ||
| 1977 | App State | 2–9 | ||
| 1978 | App State | 7–4 | ||
| 1979 | App State | 3–8 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 11 | 6–5 | 55% |
| Conference games | 41 | 19–20–2 | 49% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 33 | 13–17–3 | 44% |
| At home | 43 | 22–19–2 | 53% |
| On the road | 45 | 18–26–1 | 41% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 45 | 22–21–2 | 51% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 43 | 18–24–1 | 43% |
His own 88 games on file, 1972–1979, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Baker 1973–1979 | 2–4–1 | Furman, The Citadel | 7 | |
| Pat Dye 1974–1979 | 2–4 | East Carolina | 6 | |
| Bobby Ross 1973–1977 | 3–2 | The Citadel | 5 | |
| Jim Tait 1974–1978 | 2–2 | Richmond | 4 | |
| Bob Thalman 1976–1979 | 2–1 | VMI | 3 | |
| Bob Waters 1977–1979 | 2–1 | Western Carolina | 3 | |
| Sonny Randle 1972–1979 | 1–2 | East Carolina, Marshall | 3 | |
| Jim Carlen 1975–1977 | 1–2 | South Carolina | 3 | |
| Paul Dietzel 1972–1974 | 0–3 | South Carolina | 3 | |
| Joe Morrison 1977–1979 | 0–3 | Chattanooga | 3 |
Jim Brakefield’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 |
|---|---|---|
| East Tennessee Stateseries | 8 | 5–3 |
| The Citadelseries | 8 | 4–4 |
| Western Carolinaseries | 8 | 3–5 |
| East Carolinaseries | 8 | 2–6 |
| Furmanseries | 8 | 1–6–1 |
| Lenoir Rhyneseries | 7 | 5–1–1 |
| South Carolinaseries | 6 | 1–5 |
| Davidsonseries | 4 | 3–0–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Fisher DeBerryAir Force
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher DeBerry | App State, 1972–79: assistant coach | Air Force |
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.