Johnny Poe
Johnny Poe went 13–8 as a head coach, 1893–1896, at Virginia and Navy. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (1894, 8–2); by them his record is 21–8. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1893 at Virginia (on file under another coach). It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 13–8 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 2
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1896 5–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | Virginia * | 8–3 | ||||
| 1894 | Virginia | 0–2 (Wikipedia: 8–2) | ||||
| 1895: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1896 | Navy | 5–3 | ||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| At home | 8 | 5–3 | 63% |
| On the road | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 6 | 5–1 | 83% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
His own 10 games on file, 1894–1896, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvaniaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Rutgersseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Franklin & Marshallseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Lehighseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| St. John’s (Maryland)series | 1 | 1–0 |
| White Squadronseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Princetonseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Lafayetteseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893–94 | Virginia | Head coach | |
| 1896 | Navy | Head coach | |
| 1897 | Princeton | Assistant coach | |
| 1902–03 | Princeton | Assistant coach | |
| 1906 | Princeton | Assistant coach | |
| 1908–09 | Princeton | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Garrett CochranPrinceton
- Art HillebrandPrinceton
- Bill RoperPrinceton
- Jim McCormickPrinceton
Assistants who became head coaches
- Paul DashiellNavy
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Cochran | Princeton | 1902 | Assistant coach | |
| Art Hillebrand | Princeton | 1903 | Assistant coach | |
| Bill Roper | Princeton | 1906–08 | Assistant coach | |
| Jim McCormick | Princeton | 1909 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Dashiell | Navy, 1896: assistant coach | Navy |
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.