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King Cole
King Cole went 44–17–5 as a head coach, 1903–1910, at Marietta, Virginia and Nebraska. Share
Three seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1903 at Marietta; 1905–06 at Virginia. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 44–17–5 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1910 7–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | Marietta * | 7–3 | ||||
| 1904: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1905 | Virginia * | 5–4 | ||||
| 1906 | Virginia * | 7–2–2 | ||||
| 1907 | Nebraska | 8–2 | T–1st | |||
| 1908 | Nebraska | 7–2–1 | T–2nd | |||
| 1909 | Nebraska | 3–3–2 | T–5th | |||
| 1910 | Nebraska | 7–1 | 1st | |||
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 rivals | 14 | 7–5–2 | 57% |
| Conference games | 6 | 4–2 | 67% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 12 | 7–2–3 | 71% |
| At home | 27 | 20–5–2 | 78% |
| On the road | 9 | 5–3–1 | 61% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 26 | 21–3–2 | 85% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 10 | 4–5–1 | 45% |
His own 36 games on file, 1907–1910, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doc Kennedy 1907–1910 | 2–2 | Kansas | 4 | |
| Henry Williams 1907–1910 | 0–3–1 | Minnesota | 4 | |
| Clyde Williams 1907–1910 | 3–0 | Iowa State | 3 |
King Cole’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doaneseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Kansasseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Minnesotaseries | 4 | 0–3–1 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Denverseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Peru Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| South Dakotaseries | 3 | 2–0–1 |
| Haskellseries | 3 | 2–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | Marietta | Head coach | |
| 1904 | Michigan | Assistant coach | |
| 1905–06 | Virginia | Head coach | |
| 1907–10 | Nebraska | Head coach | |
| 1913 | Michigan | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Fielding YostMichigan
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fielding Yost | Michigan | 1904–13 | Assistant 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.