Nelson Norgren
Nelson Norgren went 13–11 as a head coach, 1914–1917, at Utah. Share
- Record
- 13–11 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1915 5–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Utah | 3–3 | 5th | |||
| 1915 | Utah | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||
| 1916 | Utah | 3–2 | T–4th | |||
| 1917 | Utah | 2–4 | 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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 8 | 5–3 | 63% |
| Conference games | 20 | 10–10 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| At home | 17 | 12–5 | 71% |
| On the road | 7 | 1–6 | 14% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 15 | 12–3 | 80% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 9 | 1–8 | 11% |
His own 24 games on file, 1914–1917, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Hughes 1915–1917 | 1–2 | Colorado State | 3 |
Nelson Norgren’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Utah Stateseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Coloradoseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Colorado Collegeseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Wyomingseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| USCseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Colorado School of Minesseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Occidentalseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1914–17 | Utah | Head coach | |
| 1921 | Chicago | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Amos Alonzo StaggChicago
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos Alonzo Stagg | Chicago | 1921 | 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.