Joe Bedenk
Joe Bedenk went 5–4 as a head coach, 1949, at Penn State. Share
- Record
- 5–4 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1949 5–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Penn State | 5–4 |
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 | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
| At home | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| On the road | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 7 | 5–2 | 71% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
His own nine games on file, 1949, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Collegeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Nebraskaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Syracuseseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Templeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| West Virginiaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Michigan Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Pittsburghseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Villanovaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Penn State 1923
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1924–26 | Rice | Assistant coach | |
| 1927–28 | Florida | Line coach | |
| 1929–48 | Penn State | Assistant coach | |
| 1949 | Penn State | Head coach | |
| 1950–51 | Penn State | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- John HeismanRice
- Tom SebringFlorida
- Charlie BachmanFlorida
- Hugo BezdekPenn State
- Bob HigginsPenn State
- Rip EnglePenn State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Al MichaelsNC State
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Heisman | Rice | 1924–26 | Assistant coach | |
| Tom Sebring | Florida | 1927 | Line coach | |
| Charlie Bachman | Florida | 1928 | Line coach | |
| Hugo Bezdek | Penn State | 1929 | Assistant coach | |
| Bob Higgins | Penn State | 1930–48 | Assistant coach | |
| Rip Engle | Penn State | 1950–51 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Michaels | Penn State, 1949: assistant coach | NC State |
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.