Leo DeTray
Leo DeTray went 9–7–2 as a head coach, 1910–1916, at Wittenberg, Ole Miss and Knox. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (1912, 5–3); by them his record is 10–7–2. Share
Three seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1910 at Wittenberg; 1915–16 at Knox. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 9–7–2 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1912 4–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Wittenberg * | 0–2 | ||||
| 1911: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1912 | Ole Miss | 4–3 (Wikipedia: 5–3) | 11th | |||
| 1913–14: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1915 | Knox * | 1–1 | ||||
| 1916 | Knox * | 4–1–2 | ||||
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 | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Conference games | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| At home | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| On the road | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
His own seven games on file, 1912, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LSUseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Mississippi Collegeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Tennessee Medical Collegeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Memphis Highseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Texasseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Alabamaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Chicago | Assistant coach | |
| 1909–10 | Wittenberg | Head coach | |
| 1911 | Chicago | Assistant coach | |
| 1912 | Ole Miss | Head coach | |
| 1915–16 | Knox (IL) | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Amos Alonzo StaggChicago
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos Alonzo Stagg | Chicago | 1908–11 | 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.