O.E. Hollingbery, head coach at Washington State
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O.E. Hollingbery

O.E. Hollingbery went 93–⁠53–⁠14 as a head coach, 1926–⁠1942, at Washington State.

Record
93–⁠53–⁠14 career
Seasons
17
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1942 6–⁠2–⁠2, No. 17

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1669 in 1930
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1926Washington State6–⁠1T–3rd
1927Washington State3–⁠3–⁠27th
1928Washington State7–⁠34th
1929Washington State10–⁠25th
1930Washington State9–⁠11stRose Bowl L
1931Washington State6–⁠44th
1932Washington State7–⁠1–⁠12nd
1933Washington State5–⁠3–⁠1T–5th
1934Washington State4–⁠3–⁠12nd
1935Washington State5–⁠3–⁠1T–4th
1936Washington State6–⁠3–⁠12nd
1937Washington State3–⁠3–⁠3T–4th
1938Washington State2–⁠89th
1939Washington State4–⁠56th
1940Washington State4–⁠4–⁠24th
1941Washington State6–⁠4T–2nd19
1942Washington State6–⁠2–⁠22nd17

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.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against ranked teams82–⁠6
Against top-10 teams41–⁠3
Against rivals3421–⁠8–⁠5
Conference games11764–⁠43–⁠10
Bowls and playoffs10–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer7138–⁠19–⁠14
At home6045–⁠8–⁠7
On the road9848–⁠43–⁠7
At neutral sites20–⁠2
As our Elo’s favorite9269–⁠16–⁠7
As our Elo’s underdog6824–⁠37–⁠7

His own 160 games on file, 1926–⁠1942, 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
Howard Jones 1926–⁠19402–⁠10–⁠3USC15
James Phelan 1930–⁠19413–⁠6–⁠3Washington12
Lon Stiner 1933–⁠19425–⁠5Oregon State10
William Spaulding 1928–⁠19385–⁠2UCLA7
Leo Calland 1929–⁠19346–⁠0Idaho6
Paul Schissler 1927–⁠19325–⁠1Oregon State6
Stub Allison 1936–⁠19413–⁠3California6
Frank W. Milburn 1926–⁠19305–⁠0Montana5
Ted Bank 1935–⁠19405–⁠0Idaho5
Bunny Oakes 1931–⁠19344–⁠0Montana4

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

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Idahoseries1716–⁠0–⁠1
Washingtonseries175–⁠8–⁠4
USCseries172–⁠12–⁠3
Oregon Stateseries1610–⁠6
Gonzagaseries1511–⁠3–⁠1
Montanaseries1313–⁠0
Californiaseries125–⁠6–⁠1
UCLAseries105–⁠5

Career

YearsTeamJob
1926–⁠42Washington StateHead coach
1943Spokane Air ServiceAdvisory

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.