Marchy Schwartz
Marchy Schwartz went 47–50–6 as a head coach, 1935–1950, at Creighton and Stanford. Share
- Record
- 47–50–6 career
- Seasons
- 11
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1942 6–4, No. 12
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Creighton | 3–5–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1936 | Creighton | 4–4 | T–1st | |||
| 1937 | Creighton | 2–7 | T–6th | |||
| 1938 | Creighton | 6–1–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1939 | Creighton | 4–5 | 6th | |||
| 1940–41: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1942 | Stanford | 6–4 | 3rd | 12 | ||
| 1943–45: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1946 | Stanford | 6–3–1 | 5th | |||
| 1947 | Stanford | 0–9 | 10th | |||
| 1948 | Stanford | 4–6 | 5th | |||
| 1949 | Stanford | 7–3–1 | T–3rd | Pineapple W | ||
| 1950 | Stanford | 5–3–2 | T–4th | |||
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. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 13 | 1–11–1 | 12% |
| Against top-10 teams | 9 | 0–8–1 | 6% |
| Against rivals | 24 | 8–14–2 | 38% |
| Conference games | 59 | 25–29–5 | 47% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 41 | 11–24–6 | 34% |
| At home | 63 | 32–28–3 | 53% |
| On the road | 37 | 13–21–3 | 39% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 60 | 38–19–3 | 66% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 43 | 9–31–3 | 24% |
His own 103 games on file, 1935–1950, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Cravath 1942–1950 | 2–3–1 | USC | 6 | |
| Vee Green 1935–1939 | 2–1–2 | Drake | 5 | |
| Len Casanova 1946–1949 | 1–2–1 | Santa Clara | 4 | |
| Pappy Waldorf 1947–1950 | 0–3–1 | California | 4 | |
| Howard Odell 1948–1950 | 2–1 | Washington | 3 | |
| Lon Stiner 1942–1947 | 1–1–1 | Oregon State | 3 | |
| Ralph Welch 1942–1947 | 1–2 | Washington | 3 | |
| Bert LaBrucherie 1946–1948 | 1–2 | UCLA | 3 |
Marchy Schwartz’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Washingtonseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Californiaseries | 6 | 2–3–1 |
| USCseries | 6 | 2–3–1 |
| Santa Claraseries | 6 | 2–3–1 |
| UCLAseries | 6 | 1–5 |
| Oregon Stateseries | 5 | 3–1–1 |
| Drakeseries | 5 | 2–1–2 |
| Idahoseries | 4 | 3–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932–33 | Notre Dame | Assistant coach | |
| 1934 | Chicago | Assistant coach | |
| 1935–39 | Creighton | Head coach | |
| 1940–41 | Stanford | Backfield coach | |
| 1942–50 | Stanford | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Hunk AndersonNotre Dame
- Clark ShaughnessyChicago, Stanford
Assistants who became head coaches
- Mal ElwardGrinnell, Purdue, John Carroll
- Chuck TaylorStanford
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunk Anderson | Notre Dame | 1932–33 | Assistant coach | |
| Clark Shaughnessy | Chicago | 1934 | Assistant coach | |
| Clark Shaughnessy | Stanford | 1940–41 | Backfield coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mal Elward | Stanford, 1946–50: assistant coach | Grinnell, Purdue, John Carroll | |
| Chuck Taylor | Stanford, 1948: freshman coach | Stanford |
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.