Merle Schlosser
Merle Schlosser went 19–28–2 as a head coach, 1957–1963, at Western Michigan. Wikipedia’s season articles record two seasons differently (1959, 4–5 and 1961, 5–4–1); by them his record is 28–33–3. Share
Three seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1957–58, 1960 at Western Michigan (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 19–28–2 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1962 5–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Western Michigan * | 4–4–1 | T–5th | |||
| 1958 | Western Michigan * | 4–5 | T–4th | |||
| 1959 | Western Michigan | 0–1 (Wikipedia: 4–5) | T–4th | |||
| 1960 | Western Michigan * | 4–4–1 | 5th | |||
| 1961 | Western Michigan | 0–3 (Wikipedia: 5–4–1) | 2nd | Aviation Bowl L | ||
| 1962 | Western Michigan | 5–4 | 4th | |||
| 1963 | Western Michigan | 2–7 | 5th |
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 ranked teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| Conference games | 12 | 5–7 | 42% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| At home | 11 | 4–7 | 36% |
| On the road | 10 | 3–7 | 30% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 6 | 3–3 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 16 | 4–12 | 25% |
His own 22 games on file, 1959–1963, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kent Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Toledoseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Marshallseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Central Michiganseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Louisvilleseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Miami (OH)series | 2 | 0–2 |
| Ohioseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950–51 | Geneseo HS (IL) high school | Head coach | |
| 1952–53 | Monroe HS (MI) high school | Head coach | |
| 1954 | Bowling Green | Ends coach | |
| 1955–56 | Missouri | Ends coach | |
| 1957–63 | Western Michigan | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Don FaurotMissouri
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Faurot | Missouri | 1955–56 | Ends 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.