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Paul Withington
Paul Withington went 12–7–2 as a head coach, 1916–1924, at Wisconsin, Camp Funston and Columbia. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1917 at Camp Funston. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 12–7–2 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 3
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1916 4–2–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Wisconsin | 4–2–1 | 6th | |||
| 1917 | Camp Funston * | 7–3 | ||||
| 1918–23: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1924 | Columbia 1st season, final 4 games | 1–2–1 | ||||
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 rivals | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Conference games | 4 | 1–2–1 | 38% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 0–2–2 | 25% |
| At home | 7 | 5–1–1 | 79% |
| On the road | 4 | 0–3–1 | 13% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 7 | 5–1–1 | 79% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 4 | 0–3–1 | 13% |
His own 11 games on file, 1916–1924, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chicagoseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Lawrenceseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| South Dakota Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Haskellseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| New York Universityseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Minnesotaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Cornellseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Syracuseseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910–14 | Yale | Line coach | |
| 1915 | Harvard | Assistant coach | |
| 1916 | Wisconsin | Head coach | |
| 1917 | Camp Funston service team | Head coach | |
| 1923–24 | Columbia | Assistant coach | |
| 1924 | Columbia | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Ted CoyYale
- John FieldYale
- Art HoweYale
- Howard JonesYale
- Frank HinkeyYale
- Percy HaughtonHarvard, Columbia
Assistants who became head coaches
- A.E. BridesNorth Carolina, Massachusetts
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Coy | Yale | 1910 | Line coach | |
| John Field | Yale | 1911 | Line coach | |
| Art Howe | Yale | 1912 | Line coach | |
| Howard Jones | Yale | 1913 | Line coach | |
| Frank Hinkey | Yale | 1914 | Line coach | |
| Percy Haughton | Harvard | 1915 | Assistant coach | |
| Percy Haughton | Columbia | 1923–24 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.E. Brides | Columbia, 1924: line coach | North Carolina, Massachusetts |
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.