Mike Ahearn

Mike Ahearn went 2–⁠5 as a head coach in the games on file: 1905 at Kansas State, 1906 at Kansas State, 1907 at Kansas State and 1908 at Kansas State. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Wikipedia’s season articles record four seasons differently (1905, 6–⁠2, 1906, 5–⁠2, 1907, 5–⁠3 and 1908, 6–⁠2); by them his record is 22–⁠9.

Record
2–⁠5 games on file
Seasons
4
Schools
1
AP poll
Began in 1936, after this career
Best season
1906 2–⁠0

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1472 in 1906
SeasonSchoolRecordAP final
1905Kansas State0–⁠2 (Wikipedia: 6–⁠2)
1906Kansas State2–⁠0 (Wikipedia: 5–⁠2)
1907Kansas State0–⁠2 (Wikipedia: 5–⁠3)
1908Kansas State0–⁠1 (Wikipedia: 6–⁠2)

Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against rivals41–⁠3
Decided by 8 points or fewer42–⁠2
At home42–⁠2
On the road30–⁠3
As our Elo’s favorite20–⁠2
As our Elo’s underdog52–⁠3

His own seven games on file, 1905–⁠1908, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Doc Kennedy 1905–⁠19081–⁠3Kansas4

Mike Ahearn’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Kansasseries41–⁠3
Haskellseries21–⁠1
Washburnseries10–⁠1