Jules Sikes
Jules Sikes went 101–63–4 as a head coach, 1944–1963, at Saint Mary’s Pre-Flight, Kansas and East Texas State. Share
11 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1944 at Saint Mary’s Pre-Flight; 1954–63 at East Texas State. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 101–63–4 career
- Seasons
- 17
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1951 8–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Saint Mary’s Pre-Flight * | 4–4 | ||||
| 1945–47: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1948 | Kansas | 7–3 | 3rd | |||
| 1949 | Kansas | 5–5 | 5th | |||
| 1950 | Kansas | 6–4 | 4th | |||
| 1951 | Kansas | 8–2 | 3rd | 20 | ||
| 1952 | Kansas | 7–3 | 4th | |||
| 1953 | Kansas | 2–8 | T–4th | |||
| 1954 | East Texas State * | 6–3–1 | T–1st | |||
| 1955 | East Texas State * | 5–4–1 | T–1st | |||
| 1956 | East Texas State * | 2–8 | 6th | |||
| 1957 | East Texas State * | 9–1 | 1st | Tangerine W | ||
| 1958 | East Texas State * | 10–1 | 1st | Tangerine W | ||
| 1959 | East Texas State * | 9–1 | T–1st | |||
| 1960 | East Texas State * | 6–4 | T–2nd | |||
| 1961 | East Texas State * | 3–6 | 5th | |||
| 1962 | East Texas State * | 5–4–1 | 5th | |||
| 1963 | East Texas State * | 7–2–1 | T–2nd | |||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 8 | 0–8 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 18 | 9–9 | 50% |
| Conference games | 36 | 18–18 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 18 | 7–11 | 39% |
| At home | 31 | 17–14 | 55% |
| On the road | 29 | 18–11 | 62% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 47 | 32–15 | 68% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 13 | 3–10 | 23% |
His own 60 games on file, 1948–1953, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Stuber 1948–1953 | 5–1 | Iowa State | 6 | |
| Dallas Ward 1948–1953 | 4–2 | Colorado | 6 | |
| Don Faurot 1948–1953 | 1–5 | Missouri | 6 | |
| Bud Wilkinson 1948–1953 | 0–6 | Oklahoma | 6 | |
| Dutch Meyer 1948–1952 | 2–3 | TCU | 5 | |
| William Glassford 1949–1953 | 2–3 | Nebraska | 5 | |
| Jennings Whitworth 1950–1953 | 3–1 | Oklahoma State | 4 | |
| Ralph Graham 1948–1950 | 3–0 | Kansas State | 3 | |
| Bill Meek 1951–1953 | 2–1 | Kansas State | 3 |
Jules Sikes’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa Stateseries | 6 | 5–1 |
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 6 | 5–1 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 6 | 5–1 |
| Coloradoseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Nebraskaseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| TCUseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Missouriseries | 6 | 1–5 |
| Oklahomaseries | 6 | 0–6 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Blinn | Head coach | |
| 1929–30 | Burleson | Head coach | |
| 1935–37 | Texas A&M | Assistant coach | |
| 1938–42 | Georgia | Ends coach | |
| 1943 | Saint Mary’s Pre-Flight service team | Assistant coach | |
| 1944 | Saint Mary’s Pre-Flight service team | Head coach | |
| 1945–47 | Georgia | Ends coach | |
| 1948–53 | Kansas | Head coach | |
| 1954–63 | East Texas State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Homer NortonTexas A&M
- Joel HuntGeorgia
- Wallace ButtsGeorgia
- Spike NelsonSaint Mary’s Pre-Flight
Assistants who became head coaches
- Don FambroughKansas
- Dee AndrosIdaho, Oregon State
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Norton | Texas A&M | 1935–37 | Assistant coach | |
| Joel Hunt | Georgia | 1938 | Ends coach | |
| Wallace Butts | Georgia | 1939–47 | Ends coach | |
| Spike Nelson | Saint Mary’s Pre-Flight service team | 1943 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Fambrough | Kansas, 1948–53: assistant coach; East Texas A&M, 1954–56: assistant coach | Kansas | |
| Dee Andros | Kansas, 1953: assistant coach | Idaho, Oregon State |
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.