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Larry Jones, head coach at Florida State
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Larry Jones

Larry Jones went 15–⁠19 as a head coach, 1971–⁠1973, at Florida State.

Record
15–⁠19 career
Seasons
3
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1971 8–⁠4

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1615 in 1971
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1971Florida State8–⁠4Fiesta Bowl L
1972Florida State7–⁠4
1973Florida State0–⁠11

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.

Players he coached

Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against ranked teams40–⁠4
Against top-10 teams10–⁠1
Against rivals62–⁠4
Bowls and playoffs10–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer133–⁠10
At home158–⁠7
On the road176–⁠11
At neutral sites21–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite2315–⁠8
As our Elo’s underdog110–⁠11

His own 34 games on file, 1971–⁠1973, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Charles Coffey 1971–⁠19732–⁠1Virginia Tech3
Don Fambrough 1971–⁠19732–⁠1Kansas3
Paul Dietzel 1971–⁠19731–⁠2South Carolina3
Bill Yeoman 1971–⁠19730–⁠3Houston3
Doug Dickey 1971–⁠19730–⁠3Florida3

Larry Jones’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Virginia Techseries32–⁠1
Mississippi Stateseries32–⁠1
Kansasseries32–⁠1
Miamiseries32–⁠1
South Carolinaseries31–⁠2
Floridaseries30–⁠3
Houstonseries30–⁠3
Tulsaseries22–⁠0

Also a player: Larry Jones’s playing career.

Career

YearsTeamJob
1958–⁠61LSUOffensive line and wide receivers coach
1962–⁠65ArmyAssistant coach
1966–⁠69South CarolinaDefensive coordinator
1970TennesseeAssistant coach
1971–⁠73Florida StateHead coach
1974–⁠76TennesseeAssistant coach
1977–⁠78KansasDefensive coordinator and defensive line coach

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

Coaching tree

Worked under

Larry Jones

Assistants who became head coaches

Worked under (3)
Head coachTeamYearsHis job
Paul DietzelLSU1958–⁠61Offensive line and wide receivers coach
Paul DietzelArmy1962–⁠65Assistant coach
Paul DietzelSouth Carolina1966–⁠69Defensive coordinator
Bill BattleTennessee1970–⁠76Assistant coach
Bud MooreKansas1977–⁠78Defensive coordinator and defensive line coach
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
CoachWith himHead coach at
Bill ParcellsFlorida State, 1971–⁠72: linebackers coachAir Force, New York Giants, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys
Hank SmallFlorida State, 1971–⁠72: quarterbacks and wide receivers coachLehigh
Steve SloanFlorida State, 1971: offensive coordinatorVanderbilt, Texas Tech, Ole Miss, Duke
Jim DonnanFlorida State, 1972–⁠73: running backs and freshman coachGeorgia, Marshall
Mack BrownFlorida State, 1973: student and wide receivers coachTulane, North Carolina, Texas, App State
Other assistants under him (1)
CoachWith him
Dick HopkinsFlorida State, 1973: student assistant

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.