Joe Kapp
Joe Kapp went 20–34–1 as a head coach, 1982–1986, at California. Share
- Record
- 20–34–1 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1982 7–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | California | 7–4 | 6th | |||
| 1983 | California | 5–5–1 | 8th | |||
| 1984 | California | 2–9 | 10th | |||
| 1985 | California | 4–7 | 10th | |||
| 1986 | California | 2–9 | 9th |
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.
Players he coached
David LewisNo. 20 pick, 1984
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 | 14 | 1–12–1 | 11% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 0–3–1 | 13% |
| Against rivals | 10 | 3–7 | 30% |
| Conference games | 43 | 12–30–1 | 29% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 21 | 9–11–1 | 45% |
| At home | 29 | 13–15–1 | 47% |
| On the road | 25 | 7–18 | 28% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 19 | 9–10 | 47% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 36 | 11–24–1 | 32% |
His own 55 games on file, 1982–1986, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Elway 1982–1986 | 3–2 | San José State, Stanford | 5 | |
| Jim Walden 1982–1986 | 2–3 | Washington State | 5 | |
| Rich Brooks 1982–1986 | 2–3 | Oregon | 5 | |
| Terry Donahue 1982–1986 | 0–5 | UCLA | 5 | |
| Ted Tollner 1983–1986 | 1–3 | USC | 4 | |
| Don James 1982–1986 | 0–4 | Washington | 4 | |
| Larry Smith 1983–1986 | 0–3–1 | Arizona | 4 | |
| Darryl Rogers 1982–1984 | 2–1 | Arizona State | 3 | |
| Joe Avezzano 1982–1984 | 2–1 | Oregon State | 3 | |
| Claude Gilbert 1984–1986 | 1–2 | San José State | 3 |
Joe Kapp’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 |
|---|---|---|
| San José Stateseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Stanfordseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Oregon Stateseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Washington Stateseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Oregonseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| USCseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| UCLAseries | 5 | 0–5 |
Other roles
- Team captain, California 1958 (his playing career)
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982–86 | California | Head coach | |
| 1992 | Sacramento Attack | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Pokey AllenBoise State, Portland State
- Mike RasmussenSaint Mary’s, Monterey Peninsula
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pokey Allen | California, 1982: defensive backs coach | Boise State, Portland State | |
| Mike Rasmussen | California, 1984–86: quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | Saint Mary’s, Monterey Peninsula |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Al Borges | California, 1982: assistant coach | |
| Sam Gruneisen | California, 1982–83: offensive line coach | |
| Bill Laveroni | California, 1983–86: offensive line coach | |
| Denny Schuler | California, 1984: defensive 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.