John C. O’Connor
John C. O’Connor went 2–1 as a head coach in the games on file: 1907 at Dartmouth and 1908 at Dartmouth. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record two seasons differently (1907, 8–0–1 and 1908, 6–1–1); by them his record is 14–1–2. Share
- Record
- 2–1 games on file
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1907 1–0
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | Dartmouth | 1–0 (Wikipedia: 8–0–1) | ||
| 1908 | Dartmouth | 1–1 (Wikipedia: 6–1–1) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
Players he coached
George SchildmillerConsensus All‑American, 1908- Clark TobinConsensus All‑American, 1908
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| At home | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| On the road | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
His own three games on file, 1907–1908, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Harvardseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Princetonseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Tom KeadyLehigh, Vermont, Case Western Reserve
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Keady | Dartmouth, 1907–08: assistant coach | Lehigh, Vermont, Case Western Reserve |
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.