John Neff, head coach at Virginia and South Carolina
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John Neff

John Neff went 12–⁠9–⁠2 as a head coach, 1909–⁠1911, at Virginia and South Carolina.

Record
12–⁠9–⁠2 career
Seasons
3
Schools
2
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1909 7–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1635 in 1909
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1909Virginia7–⁠1
1910South Carolina4–⁠4
1911South Carolina1–⁠4–⁠2

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 gameGamesRecord
Against rivals61–⁠5
Decided by 8 points or fewer73–⁠2–⁠2
At home138–⁠4–⁠1
On the road104–⁠5–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite1311–⁠1–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog101–⁠8–⁠1

His own 23 games on file, 1909–⁠1911, 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

OpponentGamesRecord
Davidsonseries31–⁠2
Charlestonseries22–⁠0
North Carolinaseries20–⁠2
Clemsonseries20–⁠2
The Citadelseries20–⁠1–⁠1
Georgetownseries11–⁠0
Wake Forestseries11–⁠0
Hampden Sydneyseries11–⁠0

Other roles

From each season’s Wikipedia article.

Career

YearsTeamJob
1909VirginiaHead coach
1910–⁠11South CarolinaHead coach
1919VirginiaAssistant coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.

Coaching tree

Worked under

John Neff
Worked under (1)
Head coachTeamYearsHis job
Harris ColemanVirginia1919Assistant coach

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.