Jim Weaver
Jim Weaver went 13–28–1 as a head coach, 1933–1974, at Wake Forest and Villanova. Share
- Record
- 13–28–1 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1936 5–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Wake Forest | 0–5–1 | ||||
| 1934 | Wake Forest | 3–7 | ||||
| 1935 | Wake Forest | 2–7 | ||||
| 1936 | Wake Forest | 5–4 | 10th | |||
| 1937–73: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1974 | Villanova coached eight of 11 games | 3–5 | ||||
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 13 | 2–10–1 | 19% |
| Conference games | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 18 | 7–10–1 | 42% |
| At home | 16 | 10–6 | 63% |
| On the road | 26 | 3–22–1 | 13% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 12 | 8–4 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 30 | 5–24–1 | 18% |
His own 42 games on file, 1933–1974, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Wade 1933–1936 | 0–4 | Duke | 4 | |
| Hunk Anderson 1934–1936 | 2–1 | NC State | 3 | |
| Jess Neely 1933–1936 | 1–2 | Clemson | 3 | |
| James Pixlee 1934–1936 | 1–2 | George Washington | 3 | |
| Doc Newton 1933–1935 | 0–3 | Davidson | 3 |
Jim Weaver’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 |
|---|---|---|
| NC Stateseries | 4 | 2–1–1 |
| Dukeseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| North Carolinaseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Davidsonseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Presbyterianseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Clemsonseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| George Washingtonseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Furmanseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Centenary | Freshman coach | |
| 1928–32 | Oak Ridge Military Academy (NC) | Head coach | |
| 1933–36 | Wake Forest | Head coach | |
| 1974 | Villanova | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included. Head-coaching seasons the infobox leaves out come from our records.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Jim BatesSan Antonio Gunslingers
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bates | Villanova, 1974: linebackers coach | San Antonio Gunslingers |
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.