Jordan Olivar
Jordan Olivar went 111–63–8 as a head coach, 1943–1962, at Villanova, Loyola Marymount and Yale. Share
- Record
- 111–63–8 career
- Seasons
- 20
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1960 9–0, No. 14
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Villanova | 5–3 | ||||
| 1944 | Villanova | 4–4 | ||||
| 1945 | Villanova | 4–4 | ||||
| 1946 | Villanova | 6–4 | ||||
| 1947 | Villanova | 6–3–1 | Great Lakes Bowl L | |||
| 1948 | Villanova | 8–2–1 | Harbor Bowl W | |||
| 1949 | Loyola Marymount | 6–4 | ||||
| 1950 | Loyola Marymount | 8–1 | ||||
| 1951 | Loyola Marymount | 3–6 | ||||
| 1952 | Yale | 7–2 | ||||
| 1953 | Yale | 5–2–2 | ||||
| 1954 | Yale | 5–3–1 | ||||
| 1955 | Yale | 7–2 | ||||
| 1956 | Yale | 8–1 | 1st | 17 | ||
| 1957 | Yale | 6–2–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1958 | Yale | 2–7 | 8th | |||
| 1959 | Yale | 6–3 | T–3rd | |||
| 1960 | Yale | 9–0 | 1st | 14 | ||
| 1961 | Yale | 4–5 | 5th | |||
| 1962 | Yale | 2–5–2 | 7th |
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 game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 8 | 1–6–1 | 19% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 23 | 11–12 | 48% |
| Conference games | 49 | 26–21–2 | 55% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 66 | 33–25–8 | 56% |
| At home | 106 | 72–30–4 | 70% |
| On the road | 73 | 37–32–4 | 53% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 124 | 90–28–6 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 58 | 21–35–2 | 38% |
His own 182 games on file, 1943–1962, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alva Kelley 1952–1961 | 7–3 | Brown, Colgate | 10 | |
| George James 1952–1960 | 7–1–1 | Cornell | 9 | |
| Bob Blackman 1955–1962 | 3–4–1 | Dartmouth | 8 | |
| Red Blaik 1943–1955 | 1–7 | Army | 8 | |
| Aldo Donelli 1957–1962 | 3–3 | Columbia | 6 | |
| Richard Colman 1957–1962 | 3–3 | Princeton | 6 | |
| John Yovicsin 1957–1962 | 2–4 | Harvard | 6 | |
| Lou Little 1952–1956 | 5–0 | Columbia | 5 | |
| Lloyd Jordan 1952–1956 | 3–2 | Harvard | 5 | |
| Charles Caldwell 1952–1956 | 2–3 | Princeton | 5 |
Jordan Olivar’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Princetonseries | 12 | 6–6 |
| UConnseries | 11 | 11–0 |
| Cornellseries | 11 | 9–1–1 |
| Columbiaseries | 11 | 8–3 |
| Brownseries | 11 | 8–2–1 |
| Harvardseries | 11 | 5–6 |
| Dartmouthseries | 11 | 5–5–1 |
| Colgateseries | 10 | 4–3–3 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Roman Catholic HS (PA) high school | Head coach | |
| 1943–48 | Villanova | Head coach | |
| 1949–51 | Loyola (CA) | Head coach | |
| 1949–51 | Loyola Marymount | Head coach | |
| 1952–62 | Yale | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included. Head-coaching seasons the infobox leaves out come from our records.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- John McKennaVMI
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John McKenna | Villanova, 1947–48: assistant coach; Loyola Marymount, 1949–51: assistant coach | VMI |
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.