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John Kellison

John Kellison went 16–⁠16–⁠2 as a head coach in the games on file: 1931 at William & Mary, 1932 at William & Mary, 1933 at William & Mary and 1934 at William & Mary. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (1931, 5–⁠2–⁠2); by them his record is 21–⁠17–⁠2.

Record
16–⁠16–⁠2 games on file
Seasons
4
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1932 8–⁠4

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1470 in 1932
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1931William & Mary0–⁠1–⁠2 (Wikipedia: 5–⁠2–⁠2)
1932William & Mary8–⁠4
1933William & Mary6–⁠5
1934William & Mary2–⁠6

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against rivals63–⁠3
Conference games31–⁠2
Decided by 8 points or fewer196–⁠11–⁠2
At home95–⁠2–⁠2
On the road2511–⁠14
As our Elo’s favorite2114–⁠6–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog132–⁠10–⁠1

His own 34 games on file, 1931–⁠1934, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
W.C. Raftery 1932–⁠19342–⁠1VMI3
Rip Miller 1931–⁠19331–⁠2Navy3
Henry Redd 1932–⁠19340–⁠3Virginia Tech3

John Kellison’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Navyseries41–⁠3
Washington and Leeseries41–⁠2–⁠1
Virginia Techseries40–⁠3–⁠1
Roanokeseries33–⁠0
Emory & Henryseries32–⁠1
VMIseries32–⁠1
Richmondseries31–⁠2
Guilfordseries22–⁠0