Lon Stiner
Lon Stiner went 74–49–17 as a head coach, 1933–1948, at Oregon State. Share
- Record
- 74–49–17 career
- Seasons
- 14
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1941 8–2, No. 12
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Oregon State | 6–2–2 | 4th | |||
| 1934 | Oregon State | 3–6–2 | 9th | |||
| 1935 | Oregon State | 6–4–1 | 7th | |||
| 1936 | Oregon State | 4–6 | 6th | |||
| 1937 | Oregon State | 3–3–3 | 6th | |||
| 1938 | Oregon State | 5–3–1 | T–3rd | |||
| 1939 | Oregon State | 9–1–1 | 3rd | Pineapple W | ||
| 1940 | Oregon State | 5–3–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1941 | Oregon State | 8–2 | 1st | Rose Bowl W | 12 | |
| 1942 | Oregon State | 4–5–1 | 5th | |||
| 1943–44: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1945 | Oregon State | 4–4–1 | 4th | |||
| 1946 | Oregon State | 7–1–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1947 | Oregon State | 5–5 | 6th | |||
| 1948 | Oregon State | 5–4–3 | 6th | Pineapple W | ||
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
Joe GrayNo. 10 pick, 1938
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 game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 14 | 3–10–1 | 25% |
| Against top-10 teams | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Against rivals | 15 | 9–6 | 60% |
| Conference games | 104 | 49–42–13 | 53% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 59 | 26–16–17 | 58% |
| At home | 68 | 44–19–5 | 68% |
| On the road | 70 | 28–30–12 | 49% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 76 | 58–13–5 | 80% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 64 | 16–36–12 | 34% |
His own 140 games on file, 1933–1948, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O.E. Hollingbery 1933–1942 | 5–5 | Washington State | 10 | |
| Howard Jones 1933–1940 | 1–3–4 | USC | 8 | |
| Tex Oliver 1938–1946 | 6–1 | Oregon | 7 | |
| James Phelan 1934–1941 | 4–3 | Washington | 7 | |
| Stub Allison 1936–1942 | 4–3 | California | 7 | |
| Ralph Welch 1942–1947 | 3–2 | Washington | 5 | |
| Prink Callison 1933–1937 | 2–3 | Oregon | 5 | |
| Tiny Thornhill 1934–1939 | 2–2–1 | Stanford | 5 | |
| Phil Sarboe 1945–1948 | 1–3–1 | Washington State | 5 | |
| William Spaulding 1934–1938 | 0–3–2 | UCLA | 5 |
Lon Stiner’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oregonseries | 15 | 9–6 |
| Washington Stateseries | 15 | 6–8–1 |
| Washingtonseries | 13 | 7–5–1 |
| USCseries | 13 | 2–7–4 |
| UCLAseries | 12 | 3–6–3 |
| Idahoseries | 11 | 9–2 |
| Stanfordseries | 10 | 4–4–2 |
| Californiaseries | 9 | 5–4 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928–32 | Oregon State | Assistant coach | |
| 1933–48 | Oregon State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Paul SchisslerOregon State
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Schissler | Oregon State | 1928–32 | 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.