Joe Hollis
Joe Hollis went 17–48–1 as a head coach, 1984–2001, at Jacksonville State and Arkansas State. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1984 at Jacksonville State. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 17–48–1 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1999 4–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Jacksonville State * | 4–5–1 | 5th | |||
| 1985–96: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1997 | Arkansas State | 2–9 | ||||
| 1998 | Arkansas State | 4–8 | ||||
| 1999 | Arkansas State | 4–7 | 5th | |||
| 2000 | Arkansas State | 1–10 | T–4th | |||
| 2001 | Arkansas State | 2–9 | T–4th | |||
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Conference games | 16 | 5–11 | 31% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 23 | 9–14 | 39% |
| At home | 27 | 11–16 | 41% |
| On the road | 29 | 2–27 | 7% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 18 | 9–9 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 38 | 4–34 | 11% |
His own 56 games on file, 1997–2001, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Samuel 1997–2001 | 1–3 | New Mexico State | 4 | |
| Rip Scherer 1997–2000 | 0–4 | Memphis | 4 | |
| Darrell Dickey 1999–2001 | 2–1 | North Texas | 3 | |
| David Cutcliffe 1999–2001 | 0–3 | Ole Miss | 3 |
Joe Hollis’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Louisianaseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Idahoseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| New Mexico Stateseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Ole Missseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Memphisseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| North Texasseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Missouri Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| UL Monroeseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970–71 | Coffee HS (AL) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1972 | Troy State | Graduate assistant | |
| 1973 | Troy State | Offensive backs and wide receivers coach | |
| 1978 | Auburn | Graduate assistant | |
| 1979 | Auburn | Offensive line coach | |
| 1980 | Auburn | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1980 | Tulsa | Tight ends and offensive tackles coach | |
| 1981–82 | Tulsa | Offensive line coach | |
| 1983 | Tulsa | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1984 | Jacksonville State | Head coach | |
| 1985–90 | Georgia | Offensive line coach | |
| 1991 | Ohio State | Offensive line coach | |
| 1992–96 | Ohio State | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1997–2001 | Arkansas State | Head coach | |
| 2004–06 | Florence HS (AL) high school | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Doug BarfieldAuburn
- John CooperTulsa, Ohio State
- Vince DooleyGeorgia
- Ray GoffGeorgia
Assistants who became head coaches
- Tim StowersGeorgia Southern, Rhode Island, Southwest Mississippi
- Dennis CreehanEdinboro, San Francisco State, South Dakota, West Virginia Wesleyan, Alderson-Broaddus
- Karl MorganMississippi Valley State, Coahoma
- Larry PorterMemphis
- Leon BurtnettPurdue
- Jim MarshallRichmond, UT Martin
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Barfield | Auburn | 1978–80 | 1978: graduate assistant; 1979: offensive line coach; 1980: defensive backs coach | |
| John Cooper | Tulsa | 1980–83 | 1980: tight ends and offensive tackles coach; 1981–82: offensive line coach; 1983: offensive coordinator | |
| Vince Dooley | Georgia | 1985–88 | Offensive line coach | |
| Ray Goff | Georgia | 1989–90 | Offensive line coach | |
| John Cooper | Ohio State | 1991–96 | 1991: offensive line coach; 1992–96: offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (6)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Stowers | Jacksonville State, 1984: offensive line coach | Georgia Southern, Rhode Island, Southwest Mississippi | |
| Dennis Creehan | Arkansas State, 1997: defensive coordinator | Edinboro, San Francisco State, South Dakota, West Virginia Wesleyan, Alderson-Broaddus | |
| Karl Morgan | Arkansas State, 1997–2000: defensive line coach | Mississippi Valley State, Coahoma | |
| Larry Porter | Arkansas State, 1999–2001: running backs coach | Memphis | |
| Leon Burtnett | Arkansas State, 1999–2001: defensive coordinator | Purdue | |
| Jim Marshall | Arkansas State, 2001: offensive line coach | Richmond, UT Martin |
Other assistants under him (5)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Granville Eastman | Arkansas State, 1997–98: graduate assistant | |
| Randy Fichtner | Arkansas State, 1997–2000: offensive coordinator | |
| Greg Studrawa | Arkansas State, 1998–2000: offensive line coach | |
| Keith Butler | Arkansas State, 1998: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Phil Davis | Arkansas State, 2001: offensive coordinator |
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.