Jimmy Crowley
Jimmy Crowley went 86–23–11 as a head coach, 1929–1942, at Michigan State, Fordham and North Carolina Pre-Flight. Share
- Record
- 86–23–11 career
- Seasons
- 14
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 2 seasons
- Best season
- 1937 7–0–1, No. 3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Michigan State | 5–3 | |||
| 1930 | Michigan State | 5–1–2 | |||
| 1931 | Michigan State | 5–3–1 | |||
| 1932 | Michigan State | 7–1 | |||
| 1933 | Fordham | 6–2 | |||
| 1934 | Fordham | 5–3 | |||
| 1935 | Fordham | 6–1–2 | |||
| 1936 | Fordham | 5–1–2 | 15 | ||
| 1937 | Fordham | 7–0–1 | 3 | ||
| 1938 | Fordham | 6–1–2 | 15 | ||
| 1939 | Fordham | 6–2 | 17 | ||
| 1940 | Fordham | 7–2 | Cotton Bowl L | 12 | |
| 1941 | Fordham | 8–1 | Sugar Bowl W | 6 | |
| 1942 | North Carolina Pre-Flight | 8–2–1 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
Ed FrancoConsensus All‑American, 1937
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 | 10 | 6–3–1 | 65% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 1–2–1 | 38% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 0–2–2 | 25% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 46 | 21–14–11 | 58% |
| At home | 81 | 70–10–1 | 87% |
| On the road | 35 | 14–11–10 | 54% |
| At neutral sites | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 88 | 74–11–3 | 86% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 32 | 12–12–8 | 50% |
His own 120 games on file, 1929–1942, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mal Stevens 1934–1941 | 7–1 | New York University | 8 | |
| Slip Madigan 1933–1939 | 4–2–1 | Saint Mary’s (CA) | 7 | |
| Raymond Wolf 1937–1942 | 3–0–2 | North Carolina, Georgia Pre-Flight | 5 | |
| Mal Elward 1937–1941 | 3–0–1 | Purdue | 4 | |
| Gus Dorais 1929–1932 | 1–2–1 | Detroit Mercy | 4 | |
| Harry Kipke 1929–1932 | 0–2–2 | Michigan | 4 | |
| Jock Sutherland 1935–1938 | 0–1–3 | Pittsburgh | 4 | |
| Ray Morrison 1934–1942 | 2–1 | SMU, Vanderbilt, Temple | 3 | |
| Charles Bowser 1939–1941 | 2–1 | Pittsburgh | 3 | |
| Noble Kizer 1934–1936 | 1–2 | Purdue | 3 |
Jimmy Crowley’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 |
|---|---|---|
| New York Universityseries | 9 | 8–1 |
| Saint Mary’s (CA)series | 9 | 5–3–1 |
| Purdueseries | 7 | 4–2–1 |
| Pittsburghseries | 7 | 2–2–3 |
| West Virginiaseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Waynesburgseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Almaseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Boston Collegeseries | 4 | 3–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Miles CasteelArizona
- Frank LeahyBoston College, Notre Dame
- John VaughtOle Miss
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Casteel | Michigan State, 1929–32: assistant coach | Arizona | |
| Frank Leahy | Michigan State, 1932: line coach; Fordham, 1933–38: line coach | Boston College, Notre Dame | |
| John Vaught | North Carolina Pre-Flight, 1942: assistant coach | Ole Miss |
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.