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Mal Elward
Mal Elward went 38–50–9 as a head coach, 1922–1943, at Grinnell, John Carroll, Purdue and Lakehurst NAS. Share
Five seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1924–26 at John Carroll; 1942–43 at Lakehurst NAS. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 38–50–9 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 4
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1938 5–1–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | Grinnell | 3–5 | 7th | |||
| 1923 | Grinnell | 2–6 | 8th | |||
| 1924 | John Carroll * | 7–2 | ||||
| 1925 | John Carroll * | 2–6–1 | ||||
| 1926 | John Carroll * | 2–5–1 | ||||
| 1927–36: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1937 | Purdue | 4–3–1 | T–4th | |||
| 1938 | Purdue | 5–1–2 | T–2nd | |||
| 1939 | Purdue | 3–3–2 | T–3rd | |||
| 1940 | Purdue | 2–6 | 8th | |||
| 1941 | Purdue | 2–5–1 | T–7th | |||
| 1942 | Lakehurst NAS * | 4–4–1 | ||||
| 1943 | Lakehurst NAS * | 2–4 | ||||
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.
Players he coached
David RankinConsensus All‑American, 1940- Cecil IsbellNo. 7 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 | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 6 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Conference games | 32 | 11–17–4 | 41% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 31 | 9–16–6 | 39% |
| At home | 24 | 12–10–2 | 54% |
| On the road | 32 | 9–19–4 | 34% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 30 | 15–11–4 | 57% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 26 | 6–18–2 | 27% |
His own 56 games on file, 1922–1941, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo McMillin 1937–1941 | 3–2 | Indiana | 5 | |
| Harry Stuhldreher 1937–1941 | 1–2–2 | Wisconsin | 5 | |
| Charlie Bachman 1923–1941 | 1–2–1 | Kansas State, Michigan State | 4 | |
| Jimmy Crowley 1937–1941 | 0–3–1 | Fordham | 4 | |
| Edward Anderson 1939–1941 | 2–1 | Iowa | 3 | |
| Francis Schmidt 1937–1940 | 1–2 | Ohio State | 3 | |
| Bernie Bierman 1938–1940 | 0–2–1 | Minnesota | 3 |
Mal Elward’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Indianaseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Iowaseries | 5 | 3–1–1 |
| Wisconsinseries | 5 | 1–2–2 |
| Ohio Stateseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Fordhamseries | 4 | 0–3–1 |
| Butlerseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Michigan Stateseries | 3 | 1–1–1 |
| Minnesotaseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922–23 | Grinnell | Head coach | |
| 1924–26 | John Carroll | Head coach | |
| 1927–36 | Purdue | Assistant coach | |
| 1937–41 | Purdue | Head coach | |
| 1942–43 | Lakehurst NAS service team | Head coach | |
| 1946–56 | Stanford | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- James PhelanPurdue
- Noble KizerPurdue
- Marchy SchwartzStanford
- Chuck TaylorStanford
Assistants who became head coaches
- Elmer BurnhamPurdue, Rochester (NY)
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Phelan | Purdue | 1927–29 | Assistant coach | |
| Noble Kizer | Purdue | 1930–36 | Assistant coach | |
| Marchy Schwartz | Stanford | 1946–50 | Assistant coach | |
| Chuck Taylor | Stanford | 1951–56 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Burnham | Purdue, 1937–41: freshman coach | Purdue, Rochester (NY) |
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.